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Interferometer in the Running for ICON Mission

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 — The Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI) will be considered as an addition to NASA’s proposed Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission, which would fly instruments designed to collect data on the extreme variability in the Earth’s ionosphere. MIGHTI, created by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), is designed to measure the neutral winds and temperatures in the Earth’s low-latitude thermosphere. It uses the DASH (Doppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne spectroscopy) technique, which was co-invented and pioneered by NRL....Read full article

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    Published: November 2011
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    ionosphere
    The gas of charged particles that begins approximately 50 km above the surface of the Earth and contains a sufficient quantity of electrons and ions to affect the propagation of radio waves.
    AmericasChristoph R. EnglertCommunicationsDoppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne spectroscopyExplorer missionsImagingionosphereIonospheric Connection Explorer missionMichelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric ImagingMIGHTINASANaval Research LaboratoryResearch & TechnologyTest & MeasurementthermosphereWashington DC

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