Midcourse space Experiment (MSX), an overview of the instruments and data collection plans (invited paper)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2232, Issue , 1994, Pages 200-216

  Mill, John D ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC MISSILES; BALLISTICS; EARTH (PLANET); MILITARY ROCKETS; NETWORK SECURITY; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS; CRYOGENIC RADIOMETERS; MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENTS; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS; TARGET AND BACKGROUND;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 84962187112     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.177744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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