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End-to-End System Test and Optical Performance Evaluation for the Solar and Heliosphere Observatory (SOHO) Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS)The UVCS is one of the instruments carried by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint NASA/ESA Spacecraft launched in November 1995. It is designed to perform ultraviolet spectroscopy and visible light polarimetry of the extended solar corona. The primary scientific objectives of the UVCS investigation are to study the physical processes occurring in the extended solar corona, such as: the mechanism of acceleration of the solar wind, the mechanism of coronal plasma heating, the identification of solar wind sources, and the investigation of the plasma properties of the solar wind. The UVCS End-to-End test activities included a comprehensive set of system level functional and optical tests. Although performed under severe schedule constraints, the End-to-End System Test was very successful and served to fully validate the UVCS optical design. All test results showed that the primary scientific objectives of the UVCS Mission were achievable.
Document ID
19970019983
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Carosso, Paolo A.
(Swales and Associates Beltsville, MD United States)
Gardner, Larry D.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA United States)
Jhabvala, Marzy
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Nicolosi, P.
(Padua Univ. Italy)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Nineteenth Space Simulation Conference Cost Effective Testing for the 21st Century
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
97N21533
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-31250
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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