The Limb-Imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric EUV Spectrograph: Design and First Results

Abstract

This report presents the design, implementation, and performance of the LITES experiment. LITES is a high-throughput, compact, ultraviolet imaging spectrograph that collects altitude profiles of the ionosphere and thermosphere above the limb of the Earth. LITES was flown as a demonstration experiment to the International Space Station as part of the DoD Space Test Program STP-H5 experiment pallet. This flight represents the first application and demonstration of this sensor design to ionospheric and thermospheric imaging and has advanced the TRL of this sensor concept from 4 to 7.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2019
Accession Number
AD1073968

Entities

People

  • Andrew W. Stephan
  • G. Geddes
  • Ivan J. Galysh
  • Jason Martel
  • S. A. Budzien
  • Supriya Chakrabarti
  • Susanna C. Finn
  • Theodore T. Finne
  • Timothy A Cook

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Charged Particles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Ionosphere
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Optics
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Weather

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites