Sounding of the atmosphere using broadband emission radiometry (SABER): sensor design, performance, and lessons learned

Brown, Steve B.; Jensen, Mark; Jensen, Scott; Hansen, Glen; Zollinger, Lorin; Esplin, Roy W.; Miller, James B.

doi:10.1117/12.684137

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“…The design and initial performance of SABER is described by Brown et al. (2006). The calibration of SABER is described by Tansock et al.…”

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“…The decision to focus on calibration resulted in an instrument that is remarkably stable (as discussed in detail in Mlynczak et al, 2020) and that has lasted well beyond the 2-year lifetime envisioned for the TIMED mission. The design and initial performance of SABER is described by Brown et al (2006). The calibration of SABER is described by Tansock et al (2003).…”

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Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

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Russell

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Earth and Space Science

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SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) is a 10‐channel infrared radiometer that is one of four instruments on the NASA TIMED (Thermosphere‐Ionosphere‐Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) satellite mission to study the structure, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics of the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Each of the ten SABER channels has a unique filter over its detector. The filter passes infrared radiation within a defined spectral region that optimizes the ability to derive temperature and constituent concentrations from the infrared radiance measurements. The TIMED spacecraft was launched into a 625 km circular polar orbit (74.1° inclination) via a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 7 December 2001. SABER continues to operate nominally and collect data routinely as it has for over 21 years. Nearly 2,200 peer‐reviewed journal articles have been published worldwide using SABER data. A list of these articles is included in Supporting Information S1 accompanying this paper. This paper presents a detailed technical description of the SABER instrument including major subsystems of the instrument and technical performance parameters. This paper comprehensively describes the instrument and its components and provides final instrument design and performance parameters. The motivation for this paper is to document this information permanently for future reference. The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) of Utah State University designed, fabricated, and calibrated the SABER instrument in close collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Science (GATS).

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“…The design and initial performance of SABER is described by Brown et al. (2006). The calibration of SABER is described by Tansock et al.…”

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Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

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Mlynczak,

Russell

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Earth and Space Science

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“…The design and initial performance of SABER is described by Brown et al (2006). The calibration of SABER is described by Tansock et al [2003].…”

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Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

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Russell

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SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) is a 10-channel infrared radiometer that is one of four instruments on the NASA TIMED (Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) satellite mission to study the structure, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics of the Earth’s mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The TIMED spacecraft was launched into a 625 km circular polar orbit (74.1º inclination) via a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 7 December 2001. SABER continues to operate nominally and collect data routinely as it has for over 21 years. Over 2,200 peer-reviewed journal articles have been published worldwide using SABER data. A list of these articles is included in the Supporting Information accompanying this paper. The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) of Utah State University designed, fabricated, and calibrated the SABER instrument in close collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Science (GATS). This paper provides a detailed technical description of the SABER instrument, including performance specifications and observed instrument performance.

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“…Some of SDL's previous flight missions using aluminum telescopes are listed in Table 1 along with the approximate mirror surface area, substrate material, operational temperature, surface figure, and surface roughness of the primary mirror. 5 345 Ni:Al 6061 20 10 MSX/SPIRIT III 6 1065 Ni:Al 6061 10 1.3 10 TIMED/SABER 7,8 53 Al 6061 220 0.25 20 AURA/TES FPOMA 9 37…”

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Aluminum alloy AA-6061 and RSA-6061 heat treatment for large mirror applications

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Gubbels³

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SPIE Proceedings

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Aluminum mirrors and telescopes can be built to perform well if the material is processed correctly and can be relatively low cost and short schedule. However, the difficulty of making high quality aluminum telescopes increases as the size increases, starting with uniform heat treatment through the thickness of large mirror substrates. A risk reduction effort was started to build and test a ½ meter diameter super polished aluminum mirror. Material selection, the heat treatment process and stabilization are the first critical steps to building a successful mirror. In this study, large aluminum blanks of both conventional AA-6061 per AMS-A-22771 and RSA AA-6061 were built, heat treated and stress relieved. Both blanks were destructively tested with a cut through the thickness. Hardness measurements and tensile tests were completed. We present our results in this paper and make suggestions for modification of procedures and future work.

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Sounding of the atmosphere using broadband emission radiometry (SABER): sensor design, performance, and lessons learned

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Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description

Aluminum alloy AA-6061 and RSA-6061 heat treatment for large mirror applications

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