The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) Passive Imaging

Description (U):

(U) Passive imaging includes daytime satellite imaging capability was successfully transitioned to the Maui Space Surveillance Site (MSSS) 1.6 meter telescope. Sensors and algorithms now produce near-diffraction limited performance without adaptive optics. In addition, the first satellite images using deconvolution algorithms on passive speckle data were obtained at the Starfire Optical Range (SOR), demonstrating a prototype daytime adaptive optics system. This system improved the imagery for the precompensated configuration on the SOR 3.5 meter telescope, and will be transitioned to MSSS in FY97.

User Impact (U):

(U) None.

Programmatics (U):

(U) Concept/Technology.

• (U) IOC: 02/1996 (2QFY1996).

Images (U):

(U) None.

Related Initiatives (U): None.

Related Requirements (U): None.

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Imaging Technology	Imaging Technology

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
TECHNOLOGY- RDT&E	SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

(U) None.

Lead Office (U):

Air Force.

Point of Contact (U):

(U) National Security Space Road Map Team, NSSA, Open Phone: (703) 808-6040, DSN 898-6040.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 21 November 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001