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The telescope assembly control system software user interface, running on a laptop computer here until the full system is installed in the aircraft - this translates operator inputs for aiming the telescope, and allows the control system to be monitored as it maintains telescope bore-sighting on an astronomical target - IMG_0315
Close-up view of the telescope cavity outer door, which measures about 10 feet wide by 16 feet high - this allows the telescope to roll between 15 and 75 degrees around the aircraft's centerline - there is also an inner aperture door that limits the exposure of the telescope to air moving past at up to Mach 0.92 at altitudes between