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Calipso's mission design: sun-glint avoidance strategies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stadler, John H. Schiff, Conrad Mailhe, Laurie M. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | CALIPSO will fly in formation with the Aqua spacecraft to obtain a coincident image of a portion of the Aqua/MODIS swath. Since MODIS pixels suffering sun-glint degradation are not processed, it is essential that CALIPSO only co- image the glint h e portion of the MODIS instrument swath. This paper presents sun-glint avoidance strategies for the CALIPSO mission. First, we introduce the Aqua sun-glint geometry and its relation to the CALIPSO-Aqua formation flying parameters. Then, we detail our implementation of the computation and perform a cross-track trade-space analysis. Finally, we analyze the impact of the sun-glint avoidance strategy on the spacecraft power and delta-V budget over the mission lifetime. |
| File Size | 3571668 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20040081137 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t75t8kx54 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Satellite Observation Latitude Sun Zenith Formation Flying Pixels Glint Space Missions Aerosols Clouds Meteorology Modis Radiometry Spacecraft Design Optical Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
