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MadRat
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The technology in these arrays uses mirrors I believe, so you can pack multiple focal points in your same package. You’re trying to scan the same point in space with an array of different bandwidth spectrums. You wouldn’t want to use a traditional single purpose sensor for this when you can literally scan a 60º swath of the sky every few seconds with a moving mirror and utilize several separate sensors at once with the same mirror by splitting the image and dissecting it by spectrum.