Precisely Pointing the HyperSpectral Imager (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Precisely Pointing the HyperSpectral Imager

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Scientists used the Wallops Arc Second Pointer to precisely point the HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science during a balloon mission in September. Shown here after it landed, the imager collected radiance data for nearly half of its eight-and-a-half hour flight.

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