instrumentspecification.doc

INSTRUMENT SPECIFICATION FOR THE RADIO PLASMA IMAGER (RPI) INVESTIGATION Document No. 8089-ISRPI-001 Revision 0 Change 1 Prepared by: Date D. M. Haines, RPI Project Engineer Reviewed by: Date B. W. Reinisch, RPI Principal Investigator Reviewed by: Date M. B. Tapley, Observatory System Engineer Reviewed by: Date P. B. Gupta, P.A. Engineer Approved by: Date W. C. Gibson, Project Manager Approved by: Date J. L. Burch, Principal Investigator SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INSTRUMENTATION AND SPACE RESEARCH DIVISION 6220 CULEBRA ROAD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78238 DOCUMENTATION CHANGE RECORD ISSUE REV. SEC. PAGE CHANGES ECR NO. PRELIMINARY (rev 2/14/97) 0 0 Release (2/19/97) 0 1 DISTRIBUTION LIST RECIPIENT INSTITUTE NO. OF COPIES Mark Tapley SwRI 1 Gary Heinemann AEC-Able 1 Robert Manning Paris Observatory 1 /image1/frio/rpi/ing 1 (electronic copy) Roger Potash LMMS 1 Larry McCullough SwRI 1 PURPOSE The purpose of this Instrument Specification is to document the instrument developer?s response to the technical and programmatic requirements of the spacecraft and mission in terms of compliance, detailed specification, and special requirements. This document will be used as the basis for spacecraft/instrument interface requirements, for functional and performance specifications, and for verification; therefore, it is important that this document contain information that is as complete as possible. Where final numerical values are not available, best estimates shall be given and so noted. Items not applicable to an instrument shall be indicated by N/A. Items not yet defined shall be indicated as TBD. Documents shall be saved and distributed in either Word Perfect 6.1 or MS Word 6.0 format. Drawings and other graphics shall be saved and dist