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NASA to Test Image Radiometer for Cloud Measurement

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Kathleen G. Tatterson

GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has taken delivery of an uncooled, multispectral infrared imaging system -- called the first of its kind by its builder, Space Instruments Inc. of Encinitas, Calif. The imager, called the Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometer, will undergo testing for use in weather and remote-sensing satellites on a space shuttle mission slated for next summer. James Spinhirne, space scientist at Goddard, said NASA needed a space-borne imager that didn't require a bulky, expensive cryogenic or radiated cooling system. "The lack of cooling requirements...Read full article

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    Published: November 1996
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