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LUNA
Technical Data
  Dimensions:   Wing span 4.17 m, length 2.36 m, height 0.87 m
  Weight:   Take-off weight < 40 kg
  Power Plant:   2-cylinder 2-stroke fuel injection engine, electrical power supply by battery backed generator
  Performance:   Typical reconnaissance air speed 70 km/h (37 KIAS). Certified to 3.500m ISA altitude
  Endurance:   exceeding 6 (optional 8) hours, dependent on payload and mission profile
  Guidance:   Preprogrammed (3D waypoint list) and/or remotely controlled. Mission program can be altered in flight. Differential GPS navigation and/or data link auto tracking (via range and azimuth data)
  Avionics:   Navigation, autopilot and aircraft system management are fully digital. Sensor package includes attitude gyro, rate of turn sensors, magnetic compass, air data sensors and accelerometers
  Reconnaissance Sensors:   one color video CCD camera for pilot view; one tiltable three-axis stabilized modular sensor platform, as standard platform with four downward looking color video (zoom) CCD cameras. The standard platform can be fitted with optional sensors
  Optional Sensors:   Medium wave thermal imager video camera, near-IR video (zoom) CCD cameras, monitor camera for wing ice build-up
  Data Link:   Two-way microwave link (C-band), tracking antennas in air vehicle and ground station. Command uplink, real-time video/flight and systems data downlink
  Data Link range:   exceeding 100 km (dependent on line of sight)
  Data Link Relay:   Modular payload for LUNA to extend reconnaissance beyond line of sight conditions
  Certifications for air vehicle and data link:   Military type certification category 2, (airworthiness certificate for flights over thinly populated areas)
  Ground control station:   Military operation certificate
  Launch:   Light-weight bungee catapult, foldable for transport
  Recovery:   Net landing with autonomous landing approach via differential GPS; or autonomous parachute landing
Technical changes without notice. Issue 10/01