NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY Ames Research Center 
1983 Phase II - 1986 Phase II

Multispectral Spectrometers for Monitoring of Earth Resources

SenSytech, Inc. (formerly Daedalus Enterprises)

Ann Arbor, MI

INNOVATION
    Development of multichannel, infrared scanning spectrometers for remote sensing of earth resources
Modis Airbone Simulator
Modis Airbone Simulator

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Initially Daedalus spectrometers were used to monitor forest fires to aid fire fighters.  Further development resulted in the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro- radiometer (MODUS), and the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) 
COMMERCIALIZATION
  • Sold an airborne ocean color imager for $1.2M to Italian company
  • Sold a multispectral infrared/ visisble imaging spectrometer for $3M to Italian National Research Council
  • Modified Modis Simulator for Ames Research Center for $550K
  • Remote sensing project for DOE for $350K
  • Remote sensing project for GSFC for $250K
  • Remote sensing project for Army Corps of Engineers for $100K
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
  • MODUS is being used as part of NASA's Earth Observing System which is being launched in 1998, and MAS has been used on NASA's high altitude ER-2 research aircraft for study of cloud properties and remote sensing of land vegetation1and water properties under clear sky conditions
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