The use of the Space Shuttle in various sortie mission modes to evaluate advanced thermal sensor system concepts, prior to a design commitment for automated spacecraft application, is described. Selected terrestrial energy sources of civilian and/or military interest are examined with respect to: (1) thermal source location and characterization and (2) temperature and emissivity measurements. Of particular interest is the application of on-orbit sensor testing to demonstrate the location and characterization of potential geothermal energy resources. The role of the payload specialist in thermal source location, sensor operation and real time evaluation of mission performance is discussed.


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    Title :

    Advanced Thermal-Sensor-System Development Via Shuttle Sortie Missions


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English