Tactical Satellite 3 is an Air Force Research Laboratory Science and Technology (S&T) initiative that explores the capability and technological maturity of small, low-cost satellites. It features a low cost plug and play modular bus and low cost militarily significant payloads - a Raytheon developed Hyperspectral imager and secondary payload data exfiltration provided by the Office of Naval Research. In addition to providing for ongoing innovation and demonstration in this ...
A program to study the effects of magnetic storms and micropulsation activity on magnetic airborne detectors used aboard U. S. Naval aircraft is presented. The reasons for the study, the equipment to be employed, the data processing to be done, and the eventual aims of the study are discussed. (Author)