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UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Strypi Rocket Plume.

ADA270967

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Smathers, H. W.; Horan, D. M.; Cardon, J. G.; Malaret, E. R.; Singh, M.
Page Count	266
Abstract	The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a small plume-tracking instrument that was flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite. The UVPI plume camera has a narrow field of view (0.180 deg by 0.135 deg), and it observes sources through any of four filters with passbands of 195 to 295 nm, 220 to 320 nm, 235 to 350 nm, and 300 to 320 nm. The Strypi rocket was launched from Hawaii on 18 February 1991. The second (Antares) and the third (Star 27) stages reached 110 km altitude and were successfully detected and tracked by the UVPI from a range of 450 to 550 km. The spectral radiance and spectral radiant intensities of the missile plumes were extracted from these images for the four passbands. Ultraviolet Plume Instrument, LACE satellite, Spectral radiant intensity, Plume imaging, UVPI, Plume tracking, Missile plumes, UV, Spectral radiance Strypi.
Keywords	Plumes Tracking Ultraviolet detectors Altitude Artificial satellites Atmospherics Cameras Compensation Filters Images Low power Naval research Power Radiance Radiant intensity Rockets Instrumentation Guided missiles LACE(Low Power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment) Strypi rocket motor spectral Antimissile defense Passbands Antares rocket motor Star 27 rocket motor
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74B - Antimissile Defense Systems 63C - Infrared & Ultraviolet Detection
Corporate Authors	Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199403

UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Strypi Rocket Plume.

UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Strypi Rocket Plume.
ADA270967

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Smathers, H. W.; Horan, D. M.; Cardon, J. G.; Malaret, E. R.; Singh, M.
Page Count	266
Abstract	The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a small plume-tracking instrument that was flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite. The UVPI plume camera has a narrow field of view (0.180 deg by 0.135 deg), and it observes sources through any of four filters with passbands of 195 to 295 nm, 220 to 320 nm, 235 to 350 nm, and 300 to 320 nm. The Strypi rocket was launched from Hawaii on 18 February 1991. The second (Antares) and the third (Star 27) stages reached 110 km altitude and were successfully detected and tracked by the UVPI from a range of 450 to 550 km. The spectral radiance and spectral radiant intensities of the missile plumes were extracted from these images for the four passbands. Ultraviolet Plume Instrument, LACE satellite, Spectral radiant intensity, Plume imaging, UVPI, Plume tracking, Missile plumes, UV, Spectral radiance Strypi.
Keywords	Plumes Tracking Ultraviolet detectors Altitude Artificial satellites Atmospherics Cameras Compensation Filters Images Low power Naval research Power Radiance Radiant intensity Rockets Instrumentation Guided missiles LACE(Low Power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment) Strypi rocket motor spectral Antimissile defense Passbands Antares rocket motor Star 27 rocket motor
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74B - Antimissile Defense Systems 63C - Infrared & Ultraviolet Detection
Corporate Authors	Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199403