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Lucy is scheduled to launch in 2021 Visit the LUCY website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1523552653885-BJN0DXRKW5U4ULFT2LTZ/copernicus_logo.jpg Homepage - Laser Communication Terminals for TESAT/ESA-EDRS The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a new family of Earth observation satellites called "Sentinels". Sentinels 1A & 1B provide day and night radar imagery, Sentinels 2A & 2B add high resolution optical imagery. Sentinels 3A & 3B focus on the oceans and atmosphere with an imaging spectrometer and altimeter. Data from the Sentinels is relayed from their low-earth, near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit via laser to EDRS-A and EDRS-C which have geosynchronous orbits. Visit the Copernicus Mission homepage Copernicus Program Wikipedia page Sentinel 1 Wikipedia page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1523470552775-GZPWWGPDFCNOFQW1LKWD/2000px-JWST_decal.svg.png Homepage - JWST - James Webb Space Telescope THE JWST "will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System." JWST launched on December 25, 2021 and is now on-orbit at L2, approximately 1 Million miles from Earth. Visit the JWST Homepage Visit the JWST Blog for status updates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1523480412616-P9WF96XKK7DBTX9CSRI9/icesat-2_logo_mod.png Homepage - ICESat-2 “The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, will measure the height of a changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses a second. Launched September 15, 2018, ICESat-2 carries a photon-counting laser altimeter that will allow scientists to measure the elevation of ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and more - all in unprecedented detail.” Visit the ICESat-2 homepage ICESat-2 on Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1523473263964-9DYQ6Z574I96WFQVALV2/KARI_seal.png Homepage - GEMS - GEOSTATIONARY ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SPECTROMETER Blue Line provided sensors to the Ball Aerospace built GEMS instrument which launched on February 19, 2020 aboard GEO-KOMPSAT 2B (GK 2B, Cheollian 2B). 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Reliable and proven with over 32 flight systems shipped it provides two differential channels in a compact form factor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1588088505632-PDU8JSCZTI2MV1YD0BP0/SN0007+a.JPG SFQ - DFPS DFPS is our stellar digital sensor system with a Spacewire interface. Nearing 20 bits of digital resolution the DFPS has undergone rigorous testing and analysis. It’s precision ADC and Blue Line’s proprietary detector ASIC combine to provide unparalleled performance in demanding space flight applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1624917945466-YAAR1O6B1PGPNO5M4MU8/IMG_6229.png SFQ - Sensor Heads SFQ sensors are typically form-factored for the host mechanism. They are tuned and matched to the flight electronics for optimum performance. https://www.bluelineengineering.com/airborne daily 0.75 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1588101091226-AZ7NPC99HEFOXZO62F02/Untitled-2.png Airborne - Modular DFPS The Modular DFPS System is our answer to a rapidly changing world. The system allows for the configuration of the sensors and the electronics to be highly variable, while still maintaining our extreme precision. With the ability to support anywhere from 1-8 sensor channels, the Modular DFPS is able to consolidate large nets of systems into a compact package with the footprint of a credit card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1588102892682-DVG0IIY9FXP34PFVFL0H/3-channel.png Airborne - Airborne 3-Axis This custom ruggedized 3 Axis sensor system for an airborne application is one example of Blue Line’s capability to offer flexible packaging solutions when space is at a premium or the Customer is upgrading the performance of a pre-existing product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1588104275055-3JU825RWODWFDX9FI7WG/imc.png Airborne - Custom Form-Factored Sensor Heads can be integrated directly into your housing, interfacing with the control electronics through co-axial/tri-axial cable, or flex harnessing. https://www.bluelineengineering.com/industrial daily 0.75 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1625005912893-7YTCA4VNJXWKC3ZB7N0Z/dds620.png Industrial - DDS-620 Blue Line’s DDS 600 Systems provide a timely answer to the need for affordable precision measurement systems in the lab, flight demonstrator, or mission-of-opportunity. Our differential displacement systems are designed to produce reliable position measurements with sub-nanometer resolution possible in many configurations, even under the stresses of industrial applications. Systems consist of a standardized electronics module and a choice of standard or customized sensor heads. Please note that specifications are based on lab-controlled tests of standard configurations. Changes in configuration will result in variations in some performance categories. 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Shear Sensing is applied in our Edge Sensors, which measure the edge-to-edge displacement between two flush surfaces. A typical use would in aligning the mirrors of a segmented array telescope. The concept employs two physically isolated pairs of electromagnetically coupled coils, which are positioned on opposite edges of the segments or surfaces to be aligned. The coil pair on one side are passive, requiring no power. The other pair, referred to as the active pair, are driven by the electronics. It is only the active coil pair that are wired to the electronics. The pairs are positioned so that as one coil in the passive sensor moves away from one coil in the active pair, the passive and active counterparts move closer together. (See figures at left.) The two coils of the active sensor pair comprise opposing sides of a balanced bridge circuit, so that as impedance increases on one side, it decreases on the other. This differential placement of sensors can be used to detect shifts in motion along any segment edge, resulting in a wide variety of directional measurements. This technology is particularly suited to large segmented mirror telescopes, where they can be used to phase match adjacent mirror segments. Blue Line implemented a sensor system like this for the 91 mirror segment Hobby-Eberly Telescope at MacDonald observatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace1ed12714e517624a7a60/1591214643509-HYWUBG3I9OH3B0RXGAVF/TIPTILT.png Theory of Operation - Differential Measurement Our sensing technologies have been developed to produce highly accurate position measurements on an extremely fine scale. Blue Line's inductive sensor systems typically utilize inductive eddy current technology to measure motion of a target. Sensor/target configurations are possible to measure linear, small angle, or full 360º rotation. A coil located at the tip of a sensor is driven to create an oscillating magnetic field. This field induces eddy currents in the conductive target and an opposing magnetic field. Any change in distance between the sensor coil and the target changes this coupling relationship and is detected as a change in impedance seen by the sensor electronics. Differential sensor arrangements use two sensors positioned so that any movement of the target is registered by both sensors. As the target moves away from one sensor, it moves equally toward the other. The two sensors thus constitute opposing sides of a balanced bridge circuit. As impedance on one side of the bridge increases, it decreases on the other. This differential arrangement provides the best resolution, linearity and thermal stability. Single-ended designs are also possible. https://www.bluelineengineering.com/customer-feedback daily 0.75 2021-06-28 https://www.bluelineengineering.com/supplier-resources daily 0.75 2022-07-18