A CCD Photometric Camera for Satellite Observation.

Abstract

A CCD camera for photometric measurement of satellites has been built, tested, and has been integrated into the Experimental Test System (ETS). This report describes the camera, the computer system and programs used to collect data, the camera's sensitivity parameters, the sensitivity of the camera on the ETS 31-inch Telescope, and its projected sensitivity on Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) main telescope.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 1983
Accession Number
ADA137214

Entities

People

  • G. J. Mayer
  • Michael Macdonald
  • N. G. S. Pong

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Cameras
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Circuits
  • Hard Copy
  • Heat Sinks
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Solar Spectrum
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects