Multispectral Thermal Imager
former American quasi-military reconnaissance spacecraft
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Summary
Multispectral Thermal Imager is a reconnaissance satellite[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: technology demonstration spacecraft[4], former entity[5]
- Operator: National Nuclear Security Administration[6], Space Test Program[7]
- Named after: multispectral imager[8]
- Manufacturer: Ball Aerospace & Technologies[9], Sandia National Laboratories[10], ISR Systems[11], HRL Laboratories[12], Space Devices[13]
- Space launch vehicle: Minotaur-C[14]
- Country of origin: United States[15]
- Powered by: spacecraft solar array[16]
- Type of orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit[17]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: March 12, 2000[18]
- Time of object orbit decay: May 14, 2022[19]
- Spacecraft bus: BCP-600[20]
- Significant event: design review[21], construction contract[22], rocket launch[23], atmospheric entry[24]
- Carries scientific instrument: multispectral imager[25], High-energy X-ray Spectrometer[26]
- Start point: Vandenberg Launch Complex 576[27]
- Mass: 587 kg[28], 614 kg[29]
- Funder: United States Department of Energy[30]