Projects
![The Laboratory-developed PHOENIX High CASTLE collected this imagery of the amusement park Kings Dominion in Virginia during an initial flight campaign to test and optimize the performance of this 3D airborne ladar.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-06/KingsDominionPark.png?itok=N6JkG5nK)
PHOENIX High CASTLE
We developed a ladar that samples at the diffraction limit to collect high-resolution imagery for geospatial mapping missions.
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![an illustration of Earth from space with two lidar-housing satellites orbiting near eachother.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-04/Aull-no%20labels.png?h=9d71c5a3&itok=94jDD5S9)
Atmospheric Aerosol Characterization
We are designing a satellite-based lidar system to categorize aerosols in the atmosphere.
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![TESS's cameras, which will monitor planets passing in front of stars, were designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory engineers. Illustration: Chester Beals](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-04/AR13_TESS_Earth2.png?h=e75ab034&itok=MzzwiO3a)
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
A new planet hunter will spend the next two years searching for exoplanets, including those that could support life.
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![This illustration shows OSIRIS-REx contacting the asteroid Bennu. Aboard OSIRIS-REx is the REXIS instrument, for which the Laboratory developed CCDs that will image X-rays emitting from Bennu's surface. Illustration: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/OSIRIS-REX.jpg?h=f8d5414b&itok=-jteZZMe)
Charge-Coupled Devices for REXIS on OSIRIS-REx
Our CCDs will image X-rays emitting from elements on the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
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