{"id":239176,"date":"2025-06-21T07:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=879461"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:37:11","slug":"nasa-tech-to-use-moonlight-to-enhance-measurements-from-space-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=239176","title":{"rendered":"NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA's Arcstone instrument will be the first mission exclusively dedicated to measuring moonlight, or lunar reflectance, from space as a way to calibrate and improve science data collected by Earth-viewing, in-orbit instruments.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors in orbit. In this technology demonstration, the mission will measure sunlight reflected from the Moon\u2014 a technique called lunar calibration. Such measurements of lunar spectral reflectance can ultimately be used to set a high-accuracy, universal standard for use across the international scientific community and commercial space industry.  <\/p>\n

To ensure satellite and airborne sensors are working properly, researchers calibrate them by comparing the sensor measurements against a known standard measurement. Arcstone will be the first mission exclusively dedicated to measuring lunar reflectance from space as a way to calibrate and improve science data collected by Earth-viewing, in-orbit instruments. <\/p>\n

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