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美国国防部高级研究计划局（DARPA）的先进传感器验证计划（Advanced SensorDemonstration program）想把空间传感器技术的现有水平提高一步。该计划的目的是在先进的航天器中,采用第二代红外传感器技术。这种航天器将于1988年发射到地球同步轨道上,并持续工作两年半以上。它载有的传感器包括带滤光片的望远镜,其焦点平面是“盯住”而不是对宽视场进行扫描,并保持在超低温状态（Clyogenic）。由一台处理器控制整个系统的工作,并把焦平面数据转化为小型地面终端所用的目标跟踪信息。传感器的整体装配预计能使作战用空间传感器能跟踪世界上任何地方的选定目标,执行战略和战术空战,以及舰队防空任务。
The Advanced SensorDemonstration program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to take the current level of space sensor technology one step further. The purpose of this program is to use second-generation infrared sensor technology in advanced spacecraft. The spacecraft will be launched into geosynchronous orbit in 1988 and will last for more than two and a half years. It carries sensors that include a telescope with a filter whose focal plane is “staring” rather than scanning for a wide field of view, and remains Clyogenic. A single processor controls the entire system and translates focal plane data into target tracking information for small terrestrial terminals. The overall assembly of the sensor is expected to enable operational space sensors to track selected targets anywhere in the world, perform strategic and tactical air combat, and fleet air defense missions.