NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM EARTH ORBITER ONE FLIGHT WORKSHOP POC Carol S. Bleile, Contracting Officer, (301) 286-0792. CBD Announcement NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will host an industry partnering workshop on October 1, 1996. At this workshop, NASA and industry will exchange information and ideas on potential partnerships involving the use of the New Millennium Program's Earth Orbiter One Flight (NMP/EO-1). The primary NMP technologies already selected for this flight are, in part, described below. Through this workshop, NASA is exploring how EO-1 might be used to provide other avenues for industry participation which will further reduce the cost of future land imaging missions. Opportunities for industry partners to supplement the current EO-1 will also be considered. In particular, NASA seeks to stimulate the establishment of commercial sources to meet NASA's future Landsat imaging needs. Attendees will receive detailed briefings on EO-1 including the flight objectives, instrument, spacecraft, and schedules. Technical and procurement representatives will be available to answer questions and explore concepts for utilizing EO-1 to meet a potential partner's needs. The New Millennium Program seeks to accelerate the incorporation of breakthrough technologies into future science missions through the use of technology validation flights. The first such flight devoted to earth remote sensing is EO-1. It seeks to flight validate a number of technologies that promise to lower the cost and improve the performance of future earth observing science missions. EO-1 will be launched during the first half of 1999. EO-1 features a multi-component land imaging instrument known as the Advanced Land Imager (ALI). Once on orbit, EO-1 will provide 100 200 paired scene comparisons with the Landsat 7 satellite which will be launched a few months earlier than EO-1. EO-1 will autonomously maintain a position approximately one minute behind Landsat 7 with the same ground track as Landsat 7. The evaluation of the paired scene comparisons seeks to establish the suitability of the ALI multispectral sensor technology for incorporation into future Landsat follow-on missions. Moreover, the ALI contains two hyperspectral capabilities. One of these is a hyperspectral wedge imaging spectrometer and the other is a miniature hyperspectral grating spectrometer. These two spectrometers are situated to simultaneously view the same ground track through the same optics. This arrangement is designed to provide a comprehensive validation of the hyperspectral wedge technique based on a comparison of these two hyperspectral techniques. It will also determine the acceptability of synthesizing Landsat bands from hyperspectral imaging data. In addition to the ALI, there is an associated atmospheric corrector. This instrument is also a hyperspectral wedge spectrometer with a 250 meter resolution and a 185 kilometer swath width identical to the telescope field-of-view of the ALI. It is designed to validate atmospheric correction for water and some aerosols. These instruments are connected together by a fiber optic data bus which will support data exchange rates up to one gigabit per second. All of the remaining NMP technologies will be presented at the workshop. All of the technology validation will be completed within one year after launch. Once these planned operations are completed, EO-1 enters extended operations wherein substantial time is available for potential use. Extended operations will last for as long as the instrument and the spacecraft are functioning properly. NASA will explore early investments in instrument and spacecraft technologies linked to payback opportunities during operations. This one-day workshop will be held in the auditorium of Building 3 at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD on October 1, 1996 starting at 8:00 AM. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required by September 25, 1996. The registration fee is $50 per individual. Registration material and further information regarding the workshop and the NMP/EO-1 Flight are available on the World Wide Web at http://www510.gsfc.nasa.gov/NewMillennium/EO1workshop.html Further information can also be obtained by contacting Ms. Mary Hurlbut at maryh@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov or by calling 301-220-1701. Electronic versions of the documents will be provided on the World Wide Web at http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm, and by anonymous ftp to genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/public/web/solicita.

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