THE VIIRS FLIGHT MODEL 1 INSTRUMENT IS BUILT BY RAYTHEON AT THE SANTA BARBARA FACILITY. IT IS CURRENTLY UND…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNG08HC72P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Oct 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2008
- NAICS
- 541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Place of performance
- CA
Public award description
THE VIIRS FLIGHT MODEL 1 INSTRUMENT IS BUILT BY RAYTHEON AT THE SANTA BARBARA FACILITY. IT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION TESTING. DURING THE TESTING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A UNACCEPTABLY HIGH AMOUNT OF "OPTICAL CROSS TALK" DUE TO THE FOCAL PLANE FILTERS. THIS SCATTER WAS UNEXPECTED AND ITS CAUSE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN. AN EFFORT TO DISCOVER THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SCATTER WAS STARTED INVOLVING OPTICAL FILTER EXPERTS AT RAYTHEON, AEROSPACE, NORTHROP/GRUMMAN AND BARR. ALSO AT THAT TIME GODDARD AND THE NPOESS INTEGRATED PRODUCT OFFICE (IPO) ASKED SAM PELLICORI, WHO HAD BEEN THE THIN FILM EXPERT AT RAYTHEON AND DESIGNED THE MODIS (VIIRS IS THE FOLLOW-ON INSTRUMENT TO MODIS. THERE ARE TWO MODIS INSTRUMENTS IN ORBIT AT THE PRESENT TIME.) FOCAL PLANE FILTERS, TO HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES FOR THE SCATTER PROBLEM AND HELP WITH FINDING A SOLUTION. IN THIS REGARD, SAM HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING GODDARD GUIDE THE EFFORT TO WHAT APPEARS A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION.
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