In-orbit verification, calibration and performance of the Heliospheric Imager on the STEREO mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6689, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Eyles, Chris ^a,b,c   Davis, Chris ^a   Harrison, Richard ^a   Waltham, Nick ^a   Halain, Jean Philippe ^d   Mazy, Emmanuel ^d   Defise, Jean Marc ^d   Howard, Russ ^e   Moses, Dan ^e   Newmark, Jeff ^e   Plunkett, Simon ^e  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffles; CCD camera; CME; Coronagraph; Coronal mass ejection; Heliosphere; Straylight; Sun

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; KETONES; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTITASKING; NASA; ORBITS; PHYSICS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES); DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ECLIPTIC PLANE; EUV IMAGER; HELIOCENTRIC ORBITS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; IN ORBIT VERIFICATION (IOV); INTERPLANETARY SPACE; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL AXES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROTECTIVE COVER; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR PHYSICS; SOLAR RADIUS; SPACE WEATHER; STEREO SPACECRAFT; STRAY LIGHT; WIDE-FIELD;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 45549093965     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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