SPIRIT 1 Final Flight Report

Abstract

The Spectral Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT 1) experiment, launched on April 8, 1986, from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska, was a rocket-borne probe designed to measure long-wavelength infrared emissions from an IBC class 3 aurora in the limb-viewing geometry. The primary instrument was a cryogenically cooled, five-detector Michelson interferometer mated to a high-off-axis rejection telescope. The spectra provide a comprehensive data base on molecular emission features in the nighttime sky in the 500 to 2000/cm. (5- to 20-micrometers) region. This report provides a detailed overview of the SPIRIT 1 flight and mission and the analysis of the flight data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1991
Accession Number
ADA257088

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Ratkowski
  • Donald R. Smith
  • E. N. Richards
  • Michael W. Matthew
  • Steven M. Adler-golden
  • W. F. Grieder

Organizations

  • Phillips Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Distortion
  • Energy Bands
  • Geometry
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Measurement
  • Michelson Interferometers
  • Optics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Refraction
  • Scattering
  • Silicon Compounds
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Surface Properties
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space