DEFINITION:

Includes all types of measurement techniques for ground facilities and flight platforms, for the design and analysis of space vehicles, both for internal and external flow.

(Source: ESA TD 18C)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Intrusive Measurements: Sensing technologies suitable for measurements in hostile environment – temperature, pressure, heat flux, etc.
2. Non-Intrusive Measurements: Multi-spectral infrared, laser spectroscopy, electron-beam, etc.
3. Wireless Measurements: Radio sensing, health monitoring, etc