Grant R. Mah
2000
<p><span>The KidSAT/EarthKAM program is a NASA educational initiative that allows students to develop and operate a </span>remote sensing<span> space program. The first phase of the program consisted of a student developed </span>camera<span> that is flown on </span>Space Shuttle<span> missions in the nadir window. A network of students develop a series of </span>image acquisition<span> requests, based on approved </span>science<span> proposals, that are combined into a set of instrument commands that are uplinked to the </span>space shuttle.<span> Acquired images are downlinked and archived for student access in completing their research. The International Space Station provides a unique platform for the next generation of KidSAT/EarthKAM instruments, which will allow more students to participate in the program and enable development of more sophisticated instruments. Follow-on instruments consist of Earth-looking multispectral digital </span>sensors<span> mounted in the optical window and on the express pallet, and </span>radar<span> instruments located on the express pallet. Use of the International Space Station will allow routine </span>data acquisition<span> and enable the instrument to be part of regular </span>science<span> curricula unconstrained by the </span>Space Shuttle<span> launch schedule.</span></p>
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10.1063/1.1302534
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AIP Publishing
Follow-ons to the KidSAT/EarthKAM student remote sensing program
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