Code 553 Projects and Missions

Supporting Current Missions and Projects

  • Current Flight Project

    • WFIRST
      • Characterization of detectors for large format focal plane arrays for astrophysics and astronomy applications
    • EUCLID
      • Characterization of detectors for large format focal plane arrays for astrophysics and astronomy applications
    • LANDSAT9/TIRS2
      • Development and characterization of thermal IR detector for earth science applications
    • PACE/OCI
      • Characterization of detectors/sensors for earth science applications

  • Current balloon, ground based, and airborne projects

    Cryogenic detector development for astrophysics applications:
    • SOFIA/HAWC+
      • Fabrication of large format far infrared superconducting bolometers for the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
    • CLASS
      • Fabrication of superconducting antenna coupled microwave bolometers for the ground based Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor Telescope