The RFI’s preliminary priority technology Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the Atmospheric Data Continuity and Improvement Mission has an estimated budget of $1.6 million, an estimated timeline of 24 months, and a target of reaching TRL 5.
The data processing involved manipulating Arecibo radio data through a discrete Fourier transform to identify frequency shifts.
ALExIS is being developed from ABB's existing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) technology, which is widely used in industrial operations worldwide.
TANSO-3 adopts a new diffraction grating spectral method, replacing the Fourier transform spectral method used by TANSO-FTS-2.
Harris Corporation’s Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation-Fourier Transform Spectrometer-2 launched in October on Japan’s Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 to measure carbon dioxide and methane.