| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 75 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Michael F. A'Hearn, Chair." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
""A Scientific Assessment of a New Technology Orbital Telescope""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""REFERENCE""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""BMDO�S ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR""; ""The Telescope""; ""Sensor Package""; ""Image Stabilization""; ""Spacecraft Bus""; ""Launch System""; ""POTENTIAL VALUE OF THE ATD/NTOT TO SPACE ASTRONOMY""; ""TASK GROUP�S EXPERTISE, PHILOSOPHY, AND APPROACH""; ""Operating Philosophy""; ""Attention to Possible Mission Enhancements""; ""Content of This Report""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""2 Anticipated Technical Performance of the ATD/NTOT""""BASIC DESIGN FEATURES""; ""EXPECTED POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION""; ""Line-of-Sight Stability""; ""Figure Error""; ""Point-Spread Functions""; ""FOCAL-PLANE SUITE""; ""ACQUISITION AND TRACKING""; ""OPERATIONS, ORBIT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND POWER REQUIREMENTS""; ""REFERENCE""; ""3 Scientific and Operational Niches""; ""NEAR-INFRARED AND OPTICAL PERFORMANCE""; ""SCIENCE OPERATIONS FOR THE ATD/NTOT""; ""The Science Team""; ""Science and Spacecraft Operations""; ""Cost of Science Operations""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""4 Astronomical Technology Demonstrations""""DEMONSTRATIONS DURING THE BASELINE MISSION""; ""Use of Active Optics""; ""Image Quality""; ""Thermal Background""; ""Field Distortion Stability""; ""Orbital Maneuvering""; ""Very Long Exposures During a Single Orbit""; ""Testing Modes for Operations and Scheduling""; ""ASTRONOMICALLY ENHANCED DEMONSTRATIONS""; ""Enhanced Image Quality""; ""Thermal Background""; ""Field Distortion Stability""; ""Photometric Stability""; ""REFERENCE""; ""5 Science Projects""; ""WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEYS""; ""Galaxies in the Early Universe""; ""Ultradeep Survey"" |
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""Cosmological Tests""""KUIPER DISK SURVEY""; ""Properties of Kuiper Disk Objects""; ""Follow-up and Related Projects""; ""STAR- AND PLANET-FORMING REGIONS""; ""Embedded Young Stellar Objects""; ""Frequency of Disks""; ""Protostellar Envelopes""; ""Envelope Infall and Other Projects""; ""Accretion-Dominated Phase""; ""Disk Sizes""; ""Winds and Jets""; ""Post-Accretion Phases""; ""GLOBAL CHANGE ON PLUTO AND TRITON""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Issues and Concerns""; ""NEED FOR FULL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS""; ""IMAGE STABILIZATION AND GUIDE-STAR AVAILABILITY""; ""STRAY AND SCATTERED LIGHT"" |
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""FREQUENCY OF REFIGURING""""SOFTWARE RELIABILITY""; ""IMAGING DETECTORS IN A HIGH-RADIATION ENVIRONMENT""; ""COST AND SCHEDULE CONTROL""; ""REFERENCE""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""APPENDIX Glossary"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
New Technology Orbital Telescope. |
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Orbiting astronomical observatories -- Research.
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Orbiting astronomical observatories -- Research. |
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Orbiting astronomical observatories. |
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Space astronomy -- Instruments.
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Space astronomy -- Instruments. |
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Space astronomy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Added Author |
A'Hearn, Michael F.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on BMDO New Technology Orbital Observatory.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scientific assessment of a new technology orbital telescope. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995 (OCoLC)33201345 |
| ISBN |
0309586143 (electronic book) |
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9780309586146 (electronic book) |
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