公开(公告)号：US07631839B1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-15

申请号：US11205012

申请日：2005-08-17

申请人： Alan L. Duncan ,  Robert D. Sigler ,  David M. Stubbs ,  Eric H. Smith ,  Richard L. Kendrick ,  Joseph T. Pitman

发明人： Alan L. Duncan ,  Robert D. Sigler ,  David M. Stubbs ,  Eric H. Smith ,  Richard L. Kendrick ,  Joseph T. Pitman

IPC分类号： B64G1/00

CPC分类号： B64G1/66 ,  B64G1/105 ,  G02B17/002 ,  G02B17/0652 ,  G02B17/0657 ,  G02B23/16 ,  G02B27/1066 ,  G02B27/143 ,  G02B27/58

摘要： A multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor (“MIDAS”) science payload system mounted on a spacecraft, including a spacecraft interface ring affixing the MIDAS science payload system to the spacecraft, and a multiple telescope array (“MTA”) further including a mechanical subsystem further including an optical bench, an optical subsystem mounted upon the mechanical subsystem collecting light and merging the light into a passive, actively-sensed or hyperspectral image, and a laser subsystem providing laser illumination for collecting active remote sensing data. The MIDAS science payload system also includes a hexapod in physical communication with and between the spacecraft interface ring and the mechanical subsystem. The MIDAS science payload system further includes a plurality of launch locks affixed to the spacecraft interface ring supporting the MTA in a stowed configuration, and a plurality of science instruments (“SIs”) mounted on the mechanical subsystem obverse to the optical subsystem, individually and concurrently sensing the passive, actively sensed or hyperspectral image.

摘要翻译： 安装在航天器上的多仪器分布式孔径传感器（“MIDAS”）科学有效载荷系统，包括将MIDAS科学有效载荷系统固定在航天器上的航天器接口环，以及进一步包括机械子系统的多望远镜阵列（“MTA”） 包括光学台，安装在机械子系统上收集光并将光合并成无源，主动感测或高光谱图像的光学子系统，以及提供用于收集有源遥感数据的激光照明的激光子系统。 MIDAS科学有效载荷系统还包括与航天器接口环和机械子系统之间物理通信的六足体。 MIDAS科学有效载荷系统还包括多个发射锁，其固定到以收起的构型支撑MTA的航天器接口环;以及多个科学仪器（“SI”），其安装在机械子系统上，单独地和/ 同时感测被动，主动感测或高光谱图像。