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The world surveyed in eighteen days
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | There are no author-identified significant results in this report. Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 was launched on July 23, 1972, on a polar orbit at an altitude of approximately 900 kilometers. The satellite circles the earth fourteen times a day, and its multispectral scanners produce complete coverage of the world every 18 days. The scanning system of the satellite is designed to provide simultaneous images if the earth's surface, each in a different spectral band-green, orange/red, red, and infrared. This data is telemetered to stations on earth where it is processed from its digital form into corrected photographic images. A single photographic exposure covers an area of 185 square kilometers. Results of ERTS-1 have far exceeded all expectations and confirm the belief that the imagery obtained will be of wide-ranging value in the study and mapping of the earth's surface. The knowledge and experience gained from the ERTS-1 data will be applied to a further study based on the much more ambitious Skylab. The improvement in the material recovered from Skylab should mark a leap forward in technical quality and in the corresponding/potential of the imagery. |
| File Size | 378153 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730007580 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9s22r66j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Surveys Multispectral Band Scanners Earth Resources Program Photointerpretation Skylab Program Mapping Earth Planet Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
