Enhanced multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor

Details Enhanced multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor Enhanced multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor

2005-08-17

2009-12-15

Mansen, Michael R (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

C244S173100, C359S365000, C359S399000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07631839

ABSTRACT:
A multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor (“MIDAS”) science payload system mounted on a spacecraft, including a spacecraft interface ring affixing the MIDAS science payload system to the spacecraft, and a multiple telescope array (“MTA”) further including a mechanical subsystem further including an optical bench, an optical subsystem mounted upon the mechanical subsystem collecting light and merging the light into a passive, actively-sensed or hyperspectral image, and a laser subsystem providing laser illumination for collecting active remote sensing data. The MIDAS science payload system also includes a hexapod in physical communication with and between the spacecraft interface ring and the mechanical subsystem. The MIDAS science payload system further includes a plurality of launch locks affixed to the spacecraft interface ring supporting the MTA in a stowed configuration, and a plurality of science instruments (“SIs”) mounted on the mechanical subsystem obverse to the optical subsystem, individually and concurrently sensing the passive, actively sensed or hyperspectral image.

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