High-ALtitude Observatory (HALO) UV/visible plume phenomenology sensors

Charles J. Pruszynski; Calvin L. Powell; Garry L. Booker; Granville R. Anderson II

doi:10.1117/12.161415

15 November 1993 High-Altitude Observatory (HALO) UV/visible plume phenomenology sensors

Charles J. Pruszynski, Calvin L. Powell, Garry L. Booker, Granville R. Anderson II

Proceedings Volume 1952, Surveillance Technologies and Imaging Components; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161415
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The High ALtitude Observatory (HALO), is an instrumented Gulfstream IIb twin engine jet aircraft maintained by the United States Army Space and Strategic Defense Command as an optical data collection platform. Capable of operating above 50,000 feet, the HALO's diverse and flexible sensor suite has provided infrared, optical and ultraviolet data on numerous SDIO, NASA and DOD test programs. The HALO contains three optical platforms, the first of which contains the Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS), the primary HALO sensor, while the second and third can be custom configured with a wide variety of UV, visible and infrared sensors. Included in the HALO sensor suite are calibrated UV/Visible ICCD imagers, spectrometers, high speed video cameras, uncalibrated film and video sensors and an infrared spectroradiometer. This paper describes in detail some of the ultraviolet and visible sensors employed on the HALO for the purpose of measuring and characterizing missile plume signatures and phenomenology and presents a representative sample of HALO plume data obtained from these sensors.

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Charles J. Pruszynski, Calvin L. Powell, Garry L. Booker, and Granville R. Anderson II "High-Altitude Observatory (HALO) UV/visible plume phenomenology sensors", Proc. SPIE 1952, Surveillance Technologies and Imaging Components, (15 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161415

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