The Orbiting Ozone and Aerosol Monitor (OOAM)

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Abstract:

The Orbiting Ozone and Aerosol Monitor OOAM is a small but capable instrument which monitors key properties of the stratosphere and mesosphere by using the solar occultation technique. OOAM is a potential payload for one of the USAF Space Test Experiments Platforms STEP, which are typically launched via an Air Force Small Launch Vehicle. The OOAM instrument is described, together with the design of a STEP spacecraft which could carry OOAM and two other small payloads. The STEP design and program philosophy provide significant economies both for the payloads and for spacecraft fabrication and launch.

Author(s):
Hornstein, John ; Bevilacqua, Richard ; Lucke, Robert ; Glaccum, William ; Gangl, Michael ; Tollin, Mark
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. 19 Aug-1 Sep 94
Supplementary Note:
Presented at the Eighth Annual AIAA/Utah State Univ. Conference, 29 Aug-1 Sep 94. Prepared in collaboration with Research Support Instruments, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD, Atlantic Research Corporation, Landover, MD and TRW Space and Electronics Group, Chantilly, VA.
Pagination:
0014

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
SERDP
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution
Modernization Areas:
Space; Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*MESOSPHERE, *AEROSOLS, *MONITORS, ORBITS, PAYLOAD, SPACE ENVIRONMENTS, MONITORING, METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES, OZONE, STRATOSPHERE, OCCULTATION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Atmospheric Physics, Unmanned Spacecraft
Keyword(s):
STEP(SPACE TEST EXPERIMENTS PLATFORM), OOAM(ORBITING OZONE AND AEROSOL MONITOR)
Report Date:
1994 Sep 01
Creation Date:
1998 Aug 26