Multimission sensor for the RESERVES small-satellite program

Steven Kilston; Vera M. Kilston; Thomas F. Utsch

doi:10.1117/12.45884

1 July 1991 Multimission sensor for the RESERVES small-satellite program

Steven Kilston, Vera M. Kilston, Thomas F. Utsch

Proceedings Volume 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45884
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The RESERVES program sensor concept, a multiwavelength optical system with two standard focal planes, handles many missions by using commandable readout and processing options. Performance (coverage rate, resolution, spectral data) and rapid operational readiness are achieved with the size, power, and communication link constraints of a 450-kg spacecraft. Missions achievable include weather and oceanographic mapping, earth-disk scanning for strategic warming, focused rapid-repeat theater scanning for intratheater missiles, land and ocean remote sensing, and space-object surveillance.

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Steven Kilston, Vera M. Kilston, and Thomas F. Utsch "Multimission sensor for the RESERVES small-satellite program", Proc. SPIE 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45884

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