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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

collimate

Aerospace; Satellites

(1) To align the axes of instruments, especially optical axes of multiple lenses, so that they have the same spatial orientation along a common line. (2) To make parallel rays of light by means of a ...

quantize

Aerospace; Satellites

(1) To restrict a variable to discrete values, each of which is normally an integral multiple of the same quantity. (2) To process a range of grey shades, from maximum to minimum, such that the ...

brightness value

Aerospace; Satellites

(Landsat usage) A number in a range of 0-63, 0-127, or 0-255 that is related to the amount of radiance in watts per square centimeter striking a detector in either the Multispectral Scanner, the ...

distortion

Aerospace; Satellites

A change in scale from one part of an image to another.

color composite

Aerospace; Satellites

A color image produced by the combination of (usually) three individual monochrome images each of which is reproduced in a given color. With Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery, a natural color image is ...

multiband imagery

Aerospace; Satellites

A color image produced by the combination of (usually) three individual monochrome images each of which is reproduced in a given color. With Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery, a natural color image is ...

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser)

Aerospace; Satellites

A device for producing light by emission of energy stored in a molecular or atomic system when stimulated by an input signal.

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