Dornier 228[LN-LYR]

SIOS member institution NORCE has installed and tested a suite of optical imaging sensors on the Lufttransport Dornier aircraft stationed in Longyearbyen, as part of the SIOS-InfraNor project. The aircraft is configured to acquire aerial imagery and hyperspectral remote sensing data in addition to its normal transport operation. The aircraft flies regular flights from Longyearbyen to Ny-Ålesund and Svea, as well as around 20 flights a year to Station Nord in Greenland. The aircraft is also available to charter.

Remote sensing capacities of the aircraft

Optical Payloads:

• Hyperspectral imager with 32 degrees field of viewVNIR-1800 (https://www.hyspex.com/hyspex-products/hyspex-classic/hyspex-vnir-1800/)1800 spatial pixels, 186 spectral bands in the range 400-1000 nm (~3.26 nm spectral sampling)~600 meter across track coverage from 1000 m altitude, with ~30 cm ground resolution.
• Medium format RGB cameraPhaseOne IXU-180 RGB camera (https://www.mappingsolutions.co.uk/downloads/data/pdf/PO150.pdf)~800 meter across track coverage from 1000 m altitude.

Other Payloads:

• GNSS Applanix POS AV 410 navigation system.
• Radionor CRE2-179-UAV broadband radio (5.862 GHz)Up to 15Mbit/s and 200km rangeUseful for uploading data from buoys and sensor arrays in remote areas
• Kongsberg Seatex AIS-300Record and transmit AIS data

Products:

• Georeferenced productBy proper postprocessing of the navigational data, direct georeferencing with an accuracy of up to 0.5-pixel accuracy is achievable.

Space prepared for future expansion with:

• Hyperspectral (SWIR 900 – 2500nm)
• SAR sensor
• Thermal camera
• Laser scanner