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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated OTD.) An instrument, designed to detect [[lightning]] from space, that was launched on 3 April 1995 aboard the ''MicroLab-1'' satellite into a near polar [[orbit]] at an [[inclination]] of 70& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated OTD.) An instrument, designed to detect [[lightning]] from space, that was launched on 3 April 1995 aboard the ''MicroLab-1'' satellite into a near polar [[orbit]] at an [[inclination]] of 70°.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The OTD was an engineering prototype of the [[Lightning Imaging Sensor]] that was subsequently launched on the [[TRMM]] satellite.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 20 February 2012
Optical Transient Detector
(Abbreviated OTD.) An instrument, designed to detect lightning from space, that was launched on 3 April 1995 aboard the MicroLab-1 satellite into a near polar orbit at an inclination of 70°.
The OTD was an engineering prototype of the Lightning Imaging Sensor that was subsequently launched on the TRMM satellite.
