Instrument Description

HTML Documentation for Polar VIS is currently available on-line. It can also be viewed in two other image formats; TeX DVI and PostScript.

VIS

To see an image of VIS or where it is located on the Polar spacecraft body, we have a sketch of the spacecraft with an instrument callout labeling the various instruments. We also have an image of Polar's Despun Platform where the VIS and other imaging instruments are located taken. The photo was taken in a final assembly clean room at Lockheed Martin Astro Space Division's East Windsor complex in Hightstown, New Jersey by a LMAS employee.

A QuickTime (967 kB) or MPEG (547 kB) animation video is available of the Polar/Delta launch courtesy of NASA.

Photo Gallery

A collection of images associated with the Polar spacecraft and the VIS project has been assembled.