UAS Equipped with Remote Sensing Technology
![A large grey and orange drone mounted on a launch pad stationed in an open field with rolling hills in the background.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/superSwiftUAS-preLaunch-Pepperwood-soil-moisture-mapping_Oct2021.jpg?itok=YXBbvYll)
Detailed Description
Working with the USGS and Pepperwood Preserve, Black Swift Technologies LLC deployed radiometers on a UAS, the Super Swift (S2). The S2 is a fixed-wing, electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with a three-meter wingspan, propelled into the air with a pneumatic launcher. The Black Swift radiometer system, designed with NASA Goddard, is a lightweight system of sensors that includes multispectral cameras in the visible, thermal, and near infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Used with an L-band radiometer, these data can be used to map surface soil moisture.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.