Instrument Host Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.msx::1.2
NAME MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENT
TYPE Spacecraft
DESCRIPTION 
Instrument Host Overview
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    The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) was a long-duration
    observatory-style measurement platform that collected of
    high-quality data on Earth, Earth-limb, celestial background
    targets, ICBM targets, and resident space objects.  MSX was
    launched in April 1996 into polar orbit, and included a cryogenic
    infrared scanning radiometer and Fourier-transform spectrometer,
    several visible and ultraviolet imagers and spectrographic
    imagers,
    and set of contamination instruments.
NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER MSX
SERIAL NUMBER
REFERENCES Mill, J.D., R.R. O'Neil, S. Price, G.J. Romick, O.M. Uy, E.M. Gaposchkin, G.C. Light, W.W. Moore, Jr., T.L. Murdock, and A.T. Stair, Jr., Midcourse Space Experiment: Introduction to the spacecraft, instruments, and scientific objectives, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 31, 900-907, 1994.