Midcourse Space Experiment: Off-axis rejection performance of the infrared sensor

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1347-1358

  O'Neil, Robert R ^a,c,d   Gibson, James ^a,c   Richards, Edward ^b,e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Battlespace Environment Division   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Institute for Scientific Research

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; INFRARED IMAGING; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS; TELESCOPES;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (BRDF); MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENT (MSX) SATELLITE; SPATIAL INFRARED IMAGING TELESCOPE III (SPIRIT III) SENSORS; TERRESTRIAL SURFACES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33846104805     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19357     Document Type: Article

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