Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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Radiometer

Aerospace; Satellites

An instrument for detecting and measuring electromagnetic radiant energy.

Uniform grid

Aerospace; Satellites

Square, rectangular, or, more rarely, hexagonal lattice for recording geographical data, The simpler grids are usually not related to geodetic coordinate systems.

Bumper mode

Aerospace; Satellites

Satellite scanners operating in backup bumper mode. Landsat-type sensors such as the Thematic Mapper (TM) and the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) are designed to have a fixed line length on ...

Jitter

Aerospace; Satellites

Small rapid variations in a variable (such as a waveform) due to deliberate or accidental electrical or mechanical disturbances or to changes in the supply voltages in the characteristics of ...

Supporting data collected on the ground, and information derived therefrom, as an aid to the interpretation of remotely sensed data. Ground data typically pertain to weather, soils, and vegetation ...

Dwell time

Aerospace; Satellites

Refers to the momentary time interval during which a detector is able to, or allowed to, sense incoming electromagnetic radiation within its intended instantaneous field of view.

Micrometre (µm)

Aerospace; Satellites

Sometimes expressed using the obsolete term micron, a micrometre is one-millionth of a metre and also can be expressed as 10 -6 meter, one thousandth of a millimeter, one 25-thousandth of an inch.