WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE A VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT AND ONBOARD FACILITY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A REMOTE SENSING PAYLOAD SYSTEM ON THE BLUE ORIGIN NEW SHEPPARD REUSABLE SUBORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE. THIS PROPOSAL IS SOLELY FOR INTEGRATION FLIGHT TESTING AND POST FLIGHT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE ENHANCEMENT CONSISTS OF THE IRIS: INTEGRATED REMOTE IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS HELD INSIDE A RUGGEDIZED BLUE ORIGIN PAYLOAD LOCKER AND CONSISTS OF AN APL PROVIDED VISIBLE-SHORTWAVE INFRARED SPECTROMETER WITH ITS OPTICAL FEED MOUNTED ON AN APL-PROVIDED FLIGHT-PROVEN 2-AXIS GIMBAL BOTH CONTROLLED BY THE FLIGHT PROVEN JANUS INTERFACE ELECTRONICS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOUNTED ON THE UPPER RING OF THE PROPULSION MODULE (PM). | Contract Data Entity | T-Minus Zero
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WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE A VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT AND ONBOARD FACILITY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A REMOTE SENSING PAYLOAD SYSTEM ON THE BLUE ORIGIN NEW SHEPPARD REUSABLE SUBORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE. THIS PROPOSAL IS SOLELY FOR INTEGRATION FLIGHT TESTING AND POST FLIGHT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE ENHANCEMENT CONSISTS OF THE IRIS: INTEGRATED REMOTE IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS HELD INSIDE A RUGGEDIZED BLUE ORIGIN PAYLOAD LOCKER AND CONSISTS OF AN APL PROVIDED VISIBLE-SHORTWAVE INFRARED SPECTROMETER WITH ITS OPTICAL FEED MOUNTED ON AN APL-PROVIDED FLIGHT-PROVEN 2-AXIS GIMBAL BOTH CONTROLLED BY THE FLIGHT PROVEN JANUS INTERFACE ELECTRONICS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOUNTED ON THE UPPER RING OF THE PROPULSION MODULE (PM).
WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE A VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT AND ONBOARD FACILITY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A REMOTE SENSING PAYLOAD SYSTEM ON THE BLUE ORIGIN NEW SHEPPARD REUSABLE SUBORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE. THIS PROPOSAL IS SOLELY FOR INTEGRATION FLIGHT TESTING AND POST FLIGHT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE ENHANCEMENT CONSISTS OF THE IRIS: INTEGRATED REMOTE IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS HELD INSIDE A RUGGEDIZED BLUE ORIGIN PAYLOAD LOCKER AND CONSISTS OF AN APL PROVIDED VISIBLE-SHORTWAVE INFRARED SPECTROMETER WITH ITS OPTICAL FEED MOUNTED ON AN APL-PROVIDED FLIGHT-PROVEN 2-AXIS GIMBAL BOTH CONTROLLED BY THE FLIGHT PROVEN JANUS INTERFACE ELECTRONICS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOUNTED ON THE UPPER RING OF THE PROPULSION MODULE (PM).
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