SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Resonon, Inc.
123 Commercial Drive
Bozeman, MT 59715 - 2217
(406) 586-3356

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Dr. Rand Swanson
swanson@resonon.com
123 Commercial Drive
Bozeman, MT 59715 - 2217
(406) 586-3356 Extension :112

CORPORATE/BUSINESS OFFICIAL (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Dr. Mike Kehoe
kehoe@resonon.com
123 Commercial Drive
Bozeman, MT 59715 - 2217
(406) 586-3356 Extension :113

Estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) at beginning and end of contract:
Begin: 3
End: 5

Technology Available (TAV) Subtopics
Sensor and Detector Technology for Visible, IR, Far IR and Submillimeter is a Technology Available (TAV) subtopic that includes NASA Intellectual Property (IP). Do you plan to use the NASA IP under the award?
No

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)
The purpose of this effort is to develop an instrument to accurately calibrate (1% k=2) the lunar spectral reflectance (350 to 2,300 nm) at relatively low expense from a small satellite. Assuming the TSIS missions are successful and the solar irradiance is known, the lunar spectral reflectance can be used to provide known lunar irradiance, thereby providing a stable exo-atmospheric calibration source for earth-viewing instruments on low earth orbit satellites. The proposed instrument has been designed specifically for calibrating the lunar irradiance. It is compact, simple in concept, and the data product is nearly immune to long-term degradation because it collects solar and lunar signals using the same optics in the same way. During this effort a prototype instrument will be developed, tested, and evaluated. Design reviews will be conducted and a plan will be made for a next-generation instrument.
 

POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
The proposed ARCSTONE instrument has been designed specifically for the purpose of calibrating the lunar spectral irradiance so it can be used as an exo-atmospheric calibration source for earth-viewing instruments on low earth orbit satellites.

POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
The system has been designed specifically for NASA needs and thus has few non-NASA applications. Possible non-NASA applications may be for other Government agencies in need of better calibration for earth-viewing instruments on low earth orbit satellites.