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Analysis of contamination data recorded by the iecm camera/photometer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Benson, Carl M. Clifton, K. Stuart |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | The Camera/Photometer was one of the ten instruments comprising the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM) developed to monitor the contamination about the Space Shuttle Orbiter during early missions. This experiment consisted of two motion picture cameras, integrating photometers, and associated electronics enclosed in pressurized canisters and separated by 40 cm in order to make stereoscopic observation of particulates. The objectives of the experiment were to record the occurrence of particulates and to determine their velocities, sizes and origins, as well as to measure the background brightness due to unresolved particles. Particle tracks were detected on over 1800 data frames recorded during continuous operations throughout STS-2, -3, -4, and -9. This report discusses the analysis techniques employed in reducing subsequent results, with an emphasis placed on particle size and velocity data. It also describes the operation of the overall experiment and some of the results obtained. |
| File Size | 3302978 |
| Page Count | 55 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19880011862 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2x39pc1v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation Space Transportation System Flights Particle Size Distribution Spacecraft Contamination Space Shuttles Photometers Particulates Cameras Optical Equipment 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 |
