"Eagle" scanner
The “Eagle” aviation scanner is an optical multi—zone scanning device
Scope of use
The complex is designed to obtain images of the Earth’s surface in various spectral ranges.
Operation principle
The scanner collects optical information from several spectral ranges by a number of separate optical receivers in the direction transverse to the direction of flight of the carrier aircraft. In the longitudinal direction, the scanning is carried out due to the movement of the aircraft. The viewing angle of the device is such that when scanning the Earth’s surface from an AN-30 aircraft from a height of 5000 meters, it allows you to have a scanning strip on the Earth’s surface with a width of 5000 meters.
The scanner is installed in the standard photo hatch of the AN-30 aircraft in a specialized hermetic container.
Technical parameters
| Separate information channels | 26 |
| Instant viewing angle | 5 ang. minutes |
| View angle (scanning angle) | 70о |
| Scanning velocity | 18, 36, 72 lines/s |
| Spectral range | 0.43-12.5 μm |
| Operation temperature | 10 °С to +40 °С |
| Power consumption | 27 V, 120 W |
| IR receiver cooling media | liquid nitrogen |
Hermetic container with the ``Eagle`` device in the photo hatch of an AN-30 aircraft
