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Satellites
Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.
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Satellites
rectification
Aerospace; Satellites
Process by which a tilted or oblique image is projected onto a horizontal reference plane, the angular relation between the image and the plane being determined by ground reconnaissance. For example ...
geodetic coordinates
Aerospace; Satellites
Quantities which define the position of a point on the spheroid of reference (for example, the Earth) with respect to the planes of the geodetic equator and of a reference meridian. Commonly ...
banding
Aerospace; Satellites
Radiometric artifacts that affect all detectors in a spectral band, rather than the relative correction for striping of a single detector in the image of a band. When forward and reverse scans are ...
emissivity
Aerospace; Satellites
Ratio of radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation emitted by a black body at the same temperature under similar conditions. May be expressed as total emissivity (for all wavelengths), spectral ...
dwell time
Aerospace; Satellites
Refers to the momentary time interval during which a detector is able to, or allowed to, sense incoming electromagnetic radiation within its intended instantaneous field of view.
