| Abstract |
MOMS was a major German imaging instrument program focused on the demonstration of new high-resolution and multispectral imaging technologies as well as the photogrammetric analysis and interpretation of the data (this included considerable efforts in algorithm development and modeling techniques). Various MOMS instrument configurations were flown on four separate spaceborne missions. 1) MOMS-01 is regarded a very early pioneering imager, flown on two Shuttle flights: STS-7 in June 1983 and STS-41B in Feb. 1984, introducing the CCD pushbroom line- scanning detector technology on a spaceborne platform. 2) The MOMS-02 instrument was flown on STS-55 (April 26 to May 6, 1993). It introduced stereoscopic along-track imaging with a three-line imaging system (the first multi-line stereo imager anywhere). 3) A MOMS-02 reflight took place on the MIR/Priroda module of the Russian Space Station. This mission was referred to as MOMS-2P (launch of MOMS-2P instrument on May 5, 1996, it was subsequently installed on the Priroda module of MIR).
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