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Aerospace

Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.

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thematic mapper (TM)

Aerospace; Satellites

One of the two Earth-sensing payloads carried aboard Landsat 4 and 5, the Multispectral Scanner being the other on 4 and 5. It is a non-photographic imaging system, which utilizes ...

full aperture solar calibrator (FAC or FASC)

Aerospace; Satellites

One of two on-board external solar calibrators on Landsat 7 ETM+. The FASC consists of a nearly white panel, which is extended in front of the full aperture of the ETM+ as it ...

partial aperture solar calibrator (PAC or PASC)

Aerospace; Satellites

One of two on-board external solar calibrators on Landsat 7 ETM+. The PASC consists of structure in front of the ETM+ aperture that has four independent pinholes for reflecting ...

passive sensor

Aerospace; Satellites

One type of remote sensing instrument, a passive sensor picks up radiation reflected or emitted by the Earth. The ETM+, TM, and MSS sensors are all examples of a passive remote ...

payload

Aerospace; Satellites

Originally, the revenue producing portion of an aircraft's load (passengers, cargo, mail); by extension, that which a spacecraft carries that is separate from the equipment or ...

infrared (IR)

Aerospace; Satellites

Pertaining to or designating the portion of electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from the red end of the visible spectrum to the microwave portion of the spectrum, or from ...

batch processing

Aerospace; Satellites

Pertaining to the technique of executing a set of computer programs such that each program of the set is completed before the next program of the set is started; loosely, ...