Sensor chamber

A sensor chamber is disclosed for testing the operation of detector modules designed to be placed in earth orbit. The sensor chamber includes a chamber housing and a vacuum pump for evacuating the sensor chamber housing to vacuum conditions representative of a space environment. An infrared detector...

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Hauptverfasser:	REITMAN, WILLIAM, KENNEDY, JEANETTE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES AVIATION COSMONAUTICS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A sensor chamber is disclosed for testing the operation of detector modules designed to be placed in earth orbit. The sensor chamber includes a chamber housing and a vacuum pump for evacuating the sensor chamber housing to vacuum conditions representative of a space environment. An infrared detector module is disposable within the sensor chamber, the module being operative to receive an infrared frequency signal and generate an output signal in response thereto. A window is formed within the sensor chamber housing, adjacent the detector module, to facilitate communication of infrared frequency signals to the detector module. A detector servo mechanism is provided for regulating the orientation of the detector module within the sensor chamber housing. The detector servo being operative to effect movement of the detector module with respect to the infrared frequency signal.