Lecture 16: Observational Payloads

Date: 06.11.2024 Exercise: Observational Payloads (GH) Lecturer: Nick Thomas Reading Ass: 17 Summaries: Observational Payload (../../Observational%20Payload%20078adf00d67e4d688f0e6ed7cd41d3a5.md)

Content Summary

• This lecture covers the following topics:
  • Types of interplanetary spacecraft
  • Remote-sensing payloads on scientific interplanetary missions
  • Feasibility assessment within operational constraints
  • Environmental challenges for payloads and their solutions
  • Development of baseline instrument concepts
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) calculations, including spatial/spectral sampling and photometry/radiometry