Flying

Your Altimeter Lies

Mechanical altimeters, despite their ingenuity, are susceptible to various inherent errors (e.g., mechanical, hysteresis, installation/position) and environmental inaccuracies caused by changes in ...
Aviation Week

Mid-Continent Instruments Begins Delivering Altimeter, Airspeed Indicator

Mid-Continent Instruments has received TSO certification and started delivering two new instruments, the MD15 two-in. altimeter and the MD25 two-in. airspeed indicator. “The MD15 altimeter and MD25 ...
Flying

Your Altimeter Is Lying

Altimeters measure atmospheric pressure, not true altitude, and are calibrated to an International Standard Atmosphere, leading to inherent errors when real-world pressure and temperature deviate from ...
SpaceNews

Instrument built by Maxar Technologies’ MDA for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission provides high resolution 3D scans of the Asteroid Bennu

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that the laser altimeter instrument it built for the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) contribution to NASA’s Origins, Spectral ...