Teledyne Brown Engineering, of Huntsville, has been selected by NASA to provide Earth observation data and related services. The contract has a cumulative maximum value of $476 million and will support NASA’s Earth science research.
Teledyne’s solution will include its International Space Station-based Multi-User System for Sensing (MUSES), which is a platform for earth-viewing instruments like high-resolution digital cameras and hyperspectral imagers. MUSES can accommodate four instruments simultaneously and those instruments can be changed out or upgraded as needed.
“We are proud to be supporting NASA’s efforts to observe and improve the planet for the benefit of its inhabitants and future. Our platform can provide a host of solutions to include ocean observation, agriculture, forestry and disaster assessments,” said Scott Hall, president of Teledyne Brown Engineering. “By providing current and past imagery, we supply data and resources for multiple applications.”
Currently, MUSES hosts the German Aerospace Center’s Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer, a hyperspectral imager developed in collaboration with Teledyne.
