Platforms

LVIS can mount into any aircraft that has a standard aerial camera mount and a window. The design allows for easy mounting on numerous airplanes, enabling rapid deployment if needed.

Aircraft Install Dates
High altitude, long endurance
platforms for maximum coverage
and mission flexibility
NASA JSC Gulfstream V 2019, 2021, 2022
NSF Gulfstream V 2011, 2015
NASA LaRC Gulfstream III 2022
NASA LaRC HU-25 Guardian 2012
NOAA Cessna Citation 2003, 2005, 2006
NASA Global Hawk 2013
Widely-deployed, high-availability,
lower-cost aircraft
NASA LaRC King Air B200 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
DOE King Air B200 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Dynamic Aviation King Air B200 2004, 2017
Large, multi-instrument
platforms
NASA P-3 2007, 2011, 2022
NASA DC-8 2010, 2011
NASA C-130 1998, 1999, 2013, 2014

One version of the LVIS instrument.

The instrument has flown on:

  • NASA Gulfstream III
  • NASA Gulfstream V
  • NASA Global Hawk
  • NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V
  • NASA HU-25C Falcon Jet
  • NASA Lockheed C-130Q
  • NASA T-39
  • NOAA Cessna Citation II
  • NASA P-3
  • Dynamic Aviation King Air BE-90
  • DOE King Air B-200
  • NASA King Air B-200
  • NASA DC-8
  • Dynamic Aviation King Air B200T