Accession Number:

AD0909032

Title:

Spaceborne Intensifier Radiometer for Imaging Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (SIRIUS).

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 15 Jul 68-15 Nov 72,

Corporate Author:

BENDIX RESEARCH LABS SOUTHFIELD MI

Personal Author(s):

• Michaels, Paul A.

Report Date:

1973-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

SIRIUS is a program acronym for a portable Spaceborne Intensifier Radiometer for Imaging Ultraviolet Spectroscopy. The program is a phased continuation of the feasibility effort conducted for the Air Force and reported in the classified Confidential Technical Report AFAL-TR-69-331, dated January 1970. The specific objective of the current program was the development of a brassboard model SIRIUS, incorporating a number of improvements not available in the feasibility model. The major improvements are the use of a completely reflective, wide band, ultraviolet lens the inclusion of a rapid-change image intensifier plug-in-module the elimination of the Hasselblad camera body the capability to use unmodified Hasselblad film magazines and an improved film transport system. The report provides a basic description of the SIRIUS brassboard camera system, operating instructions, and a description of all component sub-systems, supported by separate component part photographs. Author

Descriptors:

• *RADIOMETERS)
• (*ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY
• (*ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
• PORTABLE EQUIPMENT)
• (*IMAGE INTENSIFIERS(ELECTRONICS)
• ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS)
• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
• SPACEBORNE
• FILM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
• POWER SUPPLIES
• MODULES(ELECTRONICS)
• BATTERY CHARGERS
• ELECTROOPTICS
• ASTRONOMICAL CAMERAS

Subject Categories:

• Photography
• Ultraviolet Detection and Detectors
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE