This report presents the design, implementation, and performance of the LITES experiment. LITES is a high-throughput, compact, ultraviolet imaging spectrograph that collects altitude profiles of the ionosphere and thermosphere above the limb of the Earth. LITES was flown as a demonstration experiment to the International Space Station as part of the DoD Space Test Program STP-H5 experiment pallet. This flight represents the first application and demonstration of this sensor design to ionospheric and thermospheric imaging and has advanced the TRL of this sensor concept from 4 to 7.
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