2000-014A
MTI is the Multispectral Thermal Imager, P97-3. MTI will demonstrate multispectral and thermal imaging technology for both military and civilian applications, mainly to study applications for treaty monitoring. MTI carries a piggyback experiment, the HXRS sensor to give advance warning of hard X-ray solar events. Mass is 597 kg. Size is 2.5m h 1.22m dia and 4.1m span. Launch by Taurus in late 1999. Sponsor is the DoE Office of Nonproliferation and National Security. MTI was shipped to Sandia SNL/Albequerque in Jul 1999. Sandia integrated the satellite using a bus designed in collaboration with Ball.
Control from Albequerque.
Launch by AF Taurus 1110 with 63 inch fairing.
| MTI | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Mar 12 | 0929 | Launch by Taurus | V 576E |
| T+1:00 St 1 sep, St 2 start | |||
| T+2:25 St 2 sep | |||
| T+2:27 St 3 burn | |||
| T+2:32 Fairing sep | |||
| T+3:49 St 3 burnout | |||
| T+8:51 St 3 sep | |||
| T+9:02 St 4 burn | |||
| 0939 | T+10:17 St 4 burnout | ||
| 0941 | T+12:12 MTI sep | ||
| 0955? | St 3 impact POR | ||
| 2000 Jun 14 | Begin operational mission | ||
| 2003 Mar | HXRS failed | ||
| 2004 Jul | S/C still operational | ||
Payload:
- 0.36m offaxis telescope with visible imager, 15 bands
- Thermal IR imager
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