The information below will be updated as more precise data is received.

Technique: Slit-less spectroscopy using an InGaAs detector array.

Scientific objective: Detect shock emissions in the range 0.96 - 1.67 micron and measure blackbody continuum in the near-Infrared where the blackbody continuum peaks at lower temperatures.

Instrument: The instrument consists of an InGaAs camera with a 600 l/mm objective grating.

Heritage: This camera was deployed during the 2002 Leonid MAC mission when it detected the first meteor spectrum in the 0.96-1.67 micron range.

Aircraft hardware requirements: Window swivel mount. Electricity at window. Stow box.

Instrument validation tests: This camera has been used in past missions.

Sensitivity: The InGaAs camera detects stars of about J-magnitude +2, meteors of about magnitude -1. The co-aligned intensified camera detects stars of magnitude +6.

Dynamic range: 8-bit (factor 256). Video signal is recorded in NTSC (680x480 pixels).

Frame rate and exposure times: Exposure time: 1/30s per frame or 1/60s per field (interlaced).

Spectral resolution - gives the FWHM of an instrument-broadened unresolved atomic spectral line:
In first order: 5.6 nm. The spectral range is 960 - 1670 nm.

Relative spectral response - gives the wavelength dependence of the combined system (window, lens, spectrograph, and CCD camera) during Genesis mission(data below has the telluric absorption at 1.4 micron removed by interpolation with a 3rd order polynomial):

wavelength:  Quantum Efficiency: 
   (nm)     (fraction) 
934.73	0.0029
935.12	0.0044
936.04	0.0057
937.36	0.0053
937.90	0.0099
938.67	0.0075
939.98	0.0087
940.69	0.0079
941.30	0.0099
942.61	0.0106
943.47	0.0067
943.93	0.0142
945.24	0.0150
946.25	0.0097
946.56	0.0190
947.87	0.0200
949.04	0.0127
949.19	0.0239
950.50	0.0236
951.81	0.0300
951.82	0.0259
953.13	0.0341
954.44	0.0348
954.61	0.0300
957.39	0.0369
960.18	0.0276
962.96	0.0412
965.75	0.0527
968.53	0.0571
971.32	0.0578
974.10	0.0593
976.88	0.0628
979.67	0.0615
982.45	0.0720
985.24	0.0720
988.02	0.0814
990.81	0.0809
993.59	0.0853
996.38	0.0780
999.16	0.0895
1001.95	0.0825
1004.73	0.0885
1007.52	0.0931
1010.30	0.1024
1013.08	0.1036
1015.87	0.0984
1018.65	0.1015
1021.44	0.1023
1024.22	0.1113
1027.01	0.1045
1029.79	0.1225
1032.58	0.1199
1035.36	0.1329
1038.15	0.1217
1040.93	0.1227
1043.72	0.1291
1046.50	0.1308
1049.28	0.1349
1052.07	0.1306
1054.85	0.1402
1057.64	0.1408
1060.42	0.1452
1063.21	0.1498
1065.99	0.1480
1068.78	0.1553
1071.56	0.1510
1074.35	0.1610
1077.13	0.1634
1079.92	0.1651
1082.70	0.1639
1085.48	0.1692
1088.27	0.1713
1091.05	0.1780
1093.84	0.1809
1096.62	0.1773
1099.41	0.1805
1102.19	0.1848
1104.98	0.1951
1107.76	0.1922
1110.55	0.1944
1113.33	0.1952
1116.12	0.1992
1118.90	0.2034
1121.68	0.2041
1124.47	0.2080
1127.25	0.2096
1130.04	0.2160
1132.82	0.2092
1135.61	0.2089
1138.39	0.2099
1141.18	0.2257
1143.96	0.2329
1146.75	0.2392
1149.53	0.2283
1152.32	0.2392
1155.10	0.2411
1157.88	0.2317
1160.67	0.2298
1163.45	0.2303
1166.24	0.2390
1169.02	0.2373
1171.81	0.2485
1174.59	0.2601
1177.38	0.2764
1180.16	0.2768
1182.95	0.2813
1185.73	0.2842
1188.52	0.2803
1191.30	0.2858
1194.08	0.2886
1196.87	0.2992
1199.65	0.2999
1202.44	0.3019
1205.22	0.3008
1208.01	0.3010
1210.79	0.3036
1213.58	0.3161
1216.36	0.3205
1219.15	0.3181
1221.93	0.3217
1224.71	0.3237
1227.50	0.3270
1230.28	0.3244
1233.07	0.3324
1235.85	0.3285
1238.64	0.3365
1241.42	0.3381
1244.21	0.3388
1246.99	0.3522
1249.78	0.3489
1252.56	0.3515
1255.35	0.3515
1258.13	0.3625
1260.91	0.3592
1263.70	0.3633
1266.48	0.3634
1269.27	0.3708
1272.05	0.3716
1274.84	0.3737
1277.62	0.3844
1280.41	0.3799
1283.19	0.3754
1285.98	0.3783
1288.76	0.3825
1291.55	0.3889
1294.33	0.3910
1297.11	0.3939
1299.90	0.3898
1302.68	0.3915
1305.47	0.3987
1308.25	0.4004
1311.04	0.3975
1313.82	0.4035
1316.61	0.4047
1319.39	0.4086
1322.18	0.4101
1324.96	0.4115
1327.75	0.4129
1330.53	0.4142
1333.31	0.4155
1336.10	0.4167
1338.88	0.4179
1341.67	0.4191
1344.45	0.4202
1347.24	0.4213
1350.02	0.4223
1352.81	0.4233
1355.59	0.4243
1358.38	0.4252
1361.16	0.4260
1363.95	0.4268
1366.73	0.4276
1369.51	0.4283
1372.30	0.4290
1375.08	0.4297
1377.87	0.4303
1380.65	0.4309
1383.44	0.4314
1386.22	0.4319
1389.01	0.4323
1391.79	0.4327
1394.58	0.4331
1397.36	0.4334
1400.15	0.4336
1402.93	0.4339
1405.71	0.4341
1408.50	0.4342
1411.28	0.4343
1414.07	0.4344
1416.85	0.4344
1419.64	0.4344
1422.42	0.4343
1425.21	0.4342
1427.99	0.4341
1430.78	0.4339
1433.56	0.4337
1436.35	0.4335
1439.13	0.4332
1441.91	0.4328
1444.70	0.4324
1447.48	0.4320
1450.27	0.4316
1453.05	0.4311
1455.84	0.4305
1458.62	0.4299
1461.41	0.4293
1464.19	0.4287
1466.98	0.4280
1469.76	0.4272
1472.55	0.4265
1475.33	0.4256
1478.11	0.4248
1480.90	0.4239
1483.68	0.4230
1486.47	0.4220
1489.25	0.4210
1492.04	0.4199
1494.82	0.4188
1497.61	0.4177
1500.39	0.4165
1503.18	0.4153
1505.96	0.4141
1508.74	0.4128
1511.53	0.4115
1514.31	0.4101
1517.10	0.4087
1519.88	0.4073
1522.67	0.4058
1525.45	0.4043
1528.24	0.4028
1531.02	0.4012
1533.81	0.3996
1536.59	0.3979
1539.38	0.3962
1542.16	0.3945
1544.94	0.3927
1547.73	0.3909
1550.51	0.3891
1553.30	0.3872
1556.08	0.3888
1558.87	0.3857
1561.65	0.3823
1564.44	0.3720
1567.22	0.3693
1570.01	0.3616
1572.79	0.3622
1575.58	0.3629
1578.36	0.3649
1581.14	0.3566
1583.93	0.3534
1586.71	0.3546
1589.50	0.3550
1592.28	0.3534
1595.07	0.3489
1597.85	0.3431
1600.64	0.3392
1603.42	0.3425
1606.21	0.3354
1608.99	0.3369
1611.78	0.3363
1614.56	0.3305
1617.34	0.3278
1620.13	0.3186
1622.91	0.3169
1625.70	0.3203
1628.48	0.3237
1631.27	0.3109
1634.05	0.3082
1636.84	0.3063
1639.62	0.3028
1642.41	0.2982
1645.19	0.2857
1647.98	0.2877
1650.76	0.2799
1653.54	0.2806
1656.33	0.2661
1659.11	0.2543
1661.90	0.2472
1664.68	0.2428
1667.47	0.2308
1670.25	0.2043
1673.04	0.1941
1675.82	0.1680
1678.61	0.1716
1681.39	0.1380
1684.18	0.1299
1686.96	0.1143
1689.74	0.1004
1692.53	0.0882
1695.31	0.0745
1698.10	0.0680
1700.88	0.0427
1703.67	0.0494
1706.45	0.0360
1709.24	0.0361
1712.02	0.0223
1712.90	0.0233
1714.21	0.0216
1714.81	0.0285
1715.53	0.0212
1716.84	0.0197
1717.59	0.0144
1718.16	0.0191
1719.47	0.0172
1720.38	0.0161
1720.79	0.0149
1722.10	0.0145
1723.16	0.0119
1723.42	0.0144
1724.73	0.0132
1725.94	0.0098
1726.04	0.0110
1727.36	0.0104
1728.67	0.0090
1728.73	0.0120
1729.99	0.0094
1731.30	0.0081
1731.51	0.0073
1732.62	0.0078
1733.93	0.0071
1734.30	0.0070
1735.25	0.0062
1736.56	0.0063
1737.08	0.0059
1737.87	0.0061
1739.19	0.0058
1739.87	0.0045
1740.50	0.0037
1741.82	0.0039
1743.13	0.0040
1744.45	0.0040
1745.76	0.0034
1747.08	0.0036
1748.39	0.0031
1749.70	0.0026
1751.02	0.0028
1752.33	0.0023
1753.65	0.0025
1754.96	0.0031
1756.28	0.0031
1757.59	0.0018