Infrared imagery of the space shuttle at hypersonic entry conditions

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ross, Martin ^a,e   Werner, Michael ^a,f   Mazuk, Stephan ^a,g   Blanchard, Robert ^b   Horvath, Thomas ^c   Berry, Scott ^c   Wood, William ^c   Schwartz, Richard ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Launch Systems Division   (United States)

^f Flight Mechanics Department   (United States)

^g Strategic and Developmental Planning ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; DATA REQUIREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INFRA RED; INFRA-RED SENSOR; INFRARED BANDS; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED IMAGING SENSORS; INFRARED RADIANCES; INFRARED SIGNATURE; POINT SOURCES; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SENSOR RESPONSE; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER; SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; INFRARED DEVICES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SENSORS; SPACE SHUTTLES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

HYPERSONIC VEHICLES;

EID: 78149434880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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