TAS::80 0119::TAS THIS SBIR PHASE II PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A FAST MULTI-MODE HYPERSPECTRAL-MULTISPECTRAL (MM-…

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TAS::80 0119::TAS THIS SBIR PHASE II PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A FAST MULTI-MODE HYPERSPECTRAL-MULTISPECTRAL (MM-HS-MS) SENSOR WITH PROGRAMMABLE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION. THE SENSOR BRINGS THE FOLLOWING LONG-WAITING BENEFITS TO THE REMOTE SENSOR COMMUNITY: (I) SWITCHABLE BETWEEN HS AND MS OPERATIONS, (II) VARIABLE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION FROM 10NM TO 560 NM; (III) FAST FRAME RATE (54-1,750HZ), (IV) SHORT FULL SPECTRAL RANGE DATA ACQUISITION TIME (10-1-10-2 SEC), (V) INCREASED SENSITIVITY (PARTICULARLY IN MEASURING WEAK OBJECT OR SCENE UNDER LUNAR AND MAN-MADE ILLUMINATION), (VI) IMPROVED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR), AND (VII) MORE FLEXIBLE BALANCE BETWEEN THE SPECTRAL IMAGE SCANNING SPEED AND THE DATA STORAGE/PROCESSING FLOW RATE. OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE: LIGHTWEIGHT/COMPACT SIZE, VERSATILE OPERATION ON ORBIT, LOW ORBIT, AND EVEN ON GROUND, AND LOW COST. THE PHASE II OBJECTIVE IS DESIGN, ASSEMBLE, AND TEST THE MM-HS-MS SENSOR PROTOTYPE; EVALUATE PERFORMANCE PROS AND CONS VERSUS THE STATE-OF-THE-ARTS; VERIFY SENSOR PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE NASA MISSION PROGRAM; REACH TRL-6, AND DELIVER THE SENSOR TO NASA.