CIRRIS (Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle) is a high resolution, cryogenic, Michelson interferometer-spectrometer coupled to a high straylight rejection telescope with coaligned photometer and cameras. CIRRIS is designed to explore the infrared phenomenology of the upper atmosphere from 30-300 km in the 2.5 - 25um LWIR region. In addition, CIRRIS will measure and characterize the gaseous and particle contamination in the Space Shuttle environment. This paper will describe the objectives, instrument fea-tures, and mission profile as they pertain to these measurements.
CIRRIS--A Cryogenic Infrared (IR) Radiance Instrument For Shuttle
Infrared Astronomy: Scientific/Military Thrusts and Instrumentation ; 1981 ; Washington,D.C.,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 0280
1981-07-27
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English