Code 553 Projects and Missions
Supporting Current Missions and Projects
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Current Flight Project
- WFIRST
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Characterization of detectors for large format focal plane arrays
for astrophysics and astronomy applications
- EUCLID
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Characterization of detectors for large format focal plane
arrays for astrophysics and astronomy applications
- LANDSAT9/TIRS2
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Development and characterization of thermal IR detector for
earth science applications
- PACE/OCI
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Characterization of detectors/sensors for earth science
applications
Current balloon, ground based, and airborne projects
Cryogenic detector development for astrophysics applications:
- SOFIA/HAWC+
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Fabrication of large format far infrared superconducting bolometers
for the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA).
- CLASS
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Fabrication of superconducting antenna coupled microwave bolometers
for the ground based Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor
Telescope