Accession Number:

ADA279402

Title:

Target Glow Analysis Program for Air Force Maui Optical Station

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Aug 1989-Nov 1992

Corporate Author:

ARIZONA UNIV TUCSON LUNAR AND PLANETARY LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Broadfoot, A. L.

Report Date:

1993-06-15

Pagination or Media Count:

80.0

Abstract:

The experimental program was directed toward the Space Systems Environmental Interactions Technology research to observe and analyze the glow surrounding spacecraft using the AMOS ground-based telescope facility. This unique optical facility was used for acquisition and tracking of the Space Shuttle during overflights of the site. The imagerspectrograph which was used for the data acquisition was similar in design and operation to the AIS instrument described in the earlier report.

Descriptors:

• *SPACE SHUTTLES
• *INFRARED DETECTORS
• *OPTICAL TRACKING
• *SPECTRAL EMITTANCE
• *TELESCOPES
• *AIRGLOW
• INFRARED DETECTION
• SPACECRAFT
• OPTICAL PHENOMENA
• PLUMES
• GLOW DISCHARGES
• SPACE MISSIONS
• ROCKET EXHAUST
• ROCKET TRAJECTORIES
• ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
• ROCKET LAUNCHING
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS
• SPECTROGRAPHS
• INFRARED SPECTROMETERS
• INFRARED SPECTRA
• HAWAII
• ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS
• THRUSTERS
• SPACE FLIGHT
• GROUND BASED
• VISIBLE SPECTRA
• DATA ACQUISITION
• TARGETS
• IMAGES

Subject Categories:

• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE