Instrument Information
|
| IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:mir1.lcross::1.2
|
| NAME |
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite Mid Infrared Camera 1
|
| TYPE |
Imager
|
| DESCRIPTION |
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mid-Infrared Camera 1 (MIR1) was one of two MIR cameras on the spacecraft. MIR1 was a ruggedized vanadium oxide (VOx) microbolometer designed to return MIR (6.0 - 13.5 micron) thermal images of the Centaur impact and resulting ejecta cloud, monitor the ejecta cloud morphology, determine the MIR grain properties, measure the thermal evolution of the ejecta cloud, and return remnant crater imagery. The camera consisted of an uncooled microbolometer focal plane sensor, 164 x 128 pixels digitized at 14-bits and a 30 mm, f/1.6 lens with a 15.0 x 11.0 degree field of view and a 6-10 micron bandpass filter. The instrument was mounted on the inboard side of the LCROSS R6 radiator panel with its aperture pointing in the +X spacecraft direction.
|
| MODEL IDENTIFIER |
|
| NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER |
|
| SERIAL NUMBER |
not applicable
|
| REFERENCES |
unk
|
|
.png)
.png)
