Last updated: 18 March 2007
Posted on: 11 Jan 1997

U-2 Sensors

This image shows the various sensors that the U-2R and S, are capable of carrying during in various missions.

E-Bay Payload LN-33 PIII INS: is a INS/GPS navigator NAS-21A ANS: is the retired astrointernial navigator EWS: Electronic Wafare System

Nose Payload E/0: Electro-Optical IR: Infared Both these systems are are part of the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System(SYERS) ASARS-2: Advanced Synthectic Apature Radar by Hughes

Q-Bay Payload DDL: Dual Data Link UHF CTT Radio Relay: Is the Commanders Tactical Terminal DCRSI: Is the recorder for the ASARS-2

Superpod Payload Senior Spear & Senior Ruby: are Signal Intelligence systems

Dorsal Pod Span and Spur: Are two satellite data links

NASA ER-2

Sources: Aviation Week & Space Tech., NASA, and various other sources

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