JENOPTIK Optical Systems delivered the lens for NASA's Leonardo Airborne Simulator (LAS) in 1999. LAS is airborne micro-satellite sensor which scans the atmosphere and ground in the hyperspectral range for fires, aerosols and vegetation. The lens is color corrected for the band of 0.4 - 2.5 microns.
Unique Optical Materials
Fabrication of the 11 element optical design included a variety of materials:
- CaF2
- BaF2
- Sapphire
- LiF
ER-2 Platform
LAS flies aboard NASA's Airborne Science ER-2 high-altitude aircraft based at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The ER-2 is capable of carrying a payload of instruments: in a nose bay, the main equipment bay behind the cockpit, two wing-mounted superpods, and small underbody and trailing edge pods. The aircraft typically flies at 65,000 feet. Most missions last about six hours with ranges of about 2,200 nautical miles.
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