Provides wind speed in three directions and air temperature.
Weather Station
Weather station containing various instruments measuring air and ground temperature,
relative humidity, and solar flux.
Visibility Meter
Measures visibility and extinction coefficient.
BLS900 Mid-range Scintillometer
Measures path averaged refractive-index structure parameter Cn^2 up to a 5km range.
SLS20 Short-range Scintillometer
Measures Cn^2 and inner scale up to a 150 m range.
DURIP Tracker
High precision tracking and pointing tracker mount that is configurable
for various experiments per requirements. DURIP tracker can be remotely
controlled and automated.
Triple Aperture Scintillometer System (TASS)
Long-range scintillometer system developed and designed by the
WPRG. Measures Cn^2, inner and outer scale for horizontal and slant
path propagation for up to 200 km.
lase from the indoor lab to targets/detectors down range, up to 1 km.
lase from telescope dome to various sites around the Kennedy Space Center
(KSC) and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).
lase from telescope dome to on-orbit spacecraft and launching vehicles.
receive reflected signals or beacons with various telescopes and cameras, UV to
IR, up to 20 inches diameter.
track on-orbit spacecraft, International Space Station, celestial targets, etc.
with several tracking mounts. All mounts configurable for various experiments, per requirements.
obtain access to set up experiments at various sites at KSC such as
the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), and underground tunnel
located beneath the Space Station Processing Facility building, and more.
offer mobile optical labs for deploying experiments outside of TISTEF.