The participating aircraft in the proposed 2001 mission, the 1999 mission, and the 1998 mission. It has 20 upward-looking window ports oriented at different angles for maximum coverage of the sky.
Infrared sensors detect the comparative heat of objects.
Spectrometers take the light appart in its colors. This same platform is used for field tests of the new University of Illinois airborne lidar in August and September of 1998. That will allow us to resolve technical difficulties in testing and minimize cost. The Electra will carry the airborne lidar, an airglow imager, and one High-D TV camera for optical imaging in upward looking ports. Electra also will carry a small telescope for airglow and train spectroscopy and a meteor spectrograph.