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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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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 an oscillating ...
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 ascends over the North ...
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 solar irradiance on a ...
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 sensing system.
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 operations necessary to ...
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 0.7 µm to 1mm. ...
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, sequential processing.
