Type(s)	Service>Airborne/satellite sensors>Interferometer
Owner	Langley Research Center (LARC)
Organisation	NASA/LaRC
Abstract	The FIRST project of NASA/LaRC was selected by NASA in 2002 and funded within the IIP (Instrument Incubator Program). The goal is to develop and demonstrate a Michelson interferometer capable of sensing the spectral region between 10-100 µm (1000 to 100 cm-1) at 0.625 cm-1 resolution (unapodized) and to advance the technology in three specific areas: the interferometer itself; broad bandpass beamsplitters; and FIR (Far Infrared) sensitive detectors. The objective of the FIRST program is to fill the FIR gap in the existing instruments that monitor the Earth's climate. FIRST provides technology demonstrations in a space-like environment of the key technologies required for a future spaceborne FIR spectral sensor from a balloon platform at high altitudes (35 km).
Location
Cross Reference(s)	FIRST on Space Dynamics Laboratory website
Discipline(s)	Weather & climate

Name & Address	LARC
E-mail (#at# is @)	inquiries#at#larc.nasa.gov
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Event date description	Launch date 07 Jun 2005 -
Language(s) of Resource	English