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Support data to help determine layout of instruments on the FISTA aircraft.


Instrument Layout FISTA

FISTA layout

Station numbers, preliminary layout of instruments (will be adjusted according to need of researchers):

Lower windows: 
BASS mid-IR spectrometer                  R. Russell + D. Lynch
   [01]  - BASS spectrometer. Mounted on existing 
mount platform. Existing port directly to outside. 
Uses pointing camera in window number 2. Pre-installed instrument rack provided 
by Aerospace Corp. 
Bass pointing optical port                
   [02] - Existing mounting structure for coaligned camera,
12" optical window Zeoduror
 "float glass". Heater. 
Dust collection experiment                                  F. Rietmeijer
   [03] - Needs approved existing periscope assembly. No heater. 
near-IR imaging InGaAs camera            J. Kristl 
   [04] - Mounted in approved existing trainable eyeball assembly. Heater. 
mid-IR slit-less spectrograph                  J. Peterson
   [05] - In approved existing trainable eyeball assembly. 
Heater. 
 
Flux, intensified cameras     M. Koop 
   [06] - Stand alone cameras. 
On existing ARFL struts as shown, 
or on SETI-provided tripod, stored during takeoff/landing.
 Needs 12" Zeoduror "float glass" optical glass window. Heater. 
near-IR NICMOS array slit-less spectrograph   B. Smith + K. Smith
   [07] - NICMOS 1.0-2.5 micron array 
Mounted on tripod. Needs BK7 window and heater. 
Computer unit to be mounted in (HDTV camera) instrument rack. 
Low res UV/VIS spectroscopy               J. Borovicka
   [08] - Intensified Camera on tripod. Needs Borosillicate/BK7 window. 
Stored away during takeoff/landing. Heater. 
Fabry Perot spectroscopy                  R. Rairden
   [09] -  Two intensified camera with UV optics and Fabry Perot
etalons. On tripod, stored for takeoff and landing, 
optical window Borosillicate/BK7.
Heater. 
HDTV imager                               G. Merkes
   [10] - HDTV camera. Needs zeodur window. 
On tripod, stored away during takeoff and landing. Heater. 

Upper windows: MIRIS mid-IR 3-5.5 micron spectrometer G. Rossano + Daryl L. Kim [11] - MIRIS spectrometer. Mounted on approved trainable eyeball assembly. Needs AFRL eyeball window with ZnSe mid-IR transparent window. Needs 2 AFRL support struts. Heater. Pre-installed instrument rack provided by Aerospace Corp. CCD imager G. Rossano [12] - Mounted on existing trainable eyeball assembly. Needs optical window. Heater. near-IR imaging InGaAs camera J. Kristl [13] - Mounted in approved existing trainable eyeball assembly. Needs Heater. Bomem near-IR Michelson spectrometer J. Kristl [14] - Bomem spectrometer, mounted on existing trainable eyeball assembly. Heater. mid-IR imager J. Peterson [15] - Mounted in approved existing trainable eyeball assembly. Heater. Flux, intensified cameras M. Koop [16] - Stand alone cameras. Needs zeodur optical glass window. On support struts (using AFRL struts) or on SETI provided tripod. Stored for takeoff and landing. Heater. UV I-HDTV camera S. Abe+Kasugo [17] - Mounted on tripod (or existing small AFRL tray with two support struts). Needs UV-transparent optical window Fused Quartz. Recorder and monitor in instrument rack. Heater. All-sky camera M. Koop [18] - All sky camera on tripd (or in existing AFRL mini-tray with two struts). AFRL plastic dome that is sensitive to window frost. Two heaters. Lightcurves I. Murray [19] - Co-aligned optical cameras. On tripods, stored for takeoff and landing. Needs BK7 windows. Heater. BETSY spectrograph G. Merkes+M. Koop [20] - BETSY spectrograph. Mounted using two AFRL struts. Stored during takeoff and landing. Needs optical flat window, zeodur. Heater.

 
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