Performance Overview

This chapter summarizes the in-orbit performance of SWS, based on results obtained during Flight Module (FM) instrument level tests (ILTs) and the post-launch Performance Verification (PV) phase.

• Grating Sections
  • Grating Spectral Resolution
  • Grating Spectral Response and Sensitivity
  • Detector Linearity and Noise 
  • Saturation
• Fabry-Pérot Section
  • Spectral Resolution
  • Sensitivity
  • Noise 
  • Saturation
  • Leakage
  • Tracking Noise
  • Effective F-P Gap
• Factors Common to both Grating and Fabry-Pérot Sections
  • Point sources vs. extended sources
  • Memory effects