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ASPIRE (for Synonyms: Airborne Stabilized Platform for Infrared Experiments) is an instrument developed by the SAO to stabilize observations from airplanes despite vibration. The mechanism is intended to be used with Air-SPEC while observing the Solar corona during the December 4, 2020 eclipse, and later with a future spectropolarimeter (CORSAIR, for Coronal Spectropolarimeter for Airborne Infrared Research) during the April 8, 2024 eclipse.
Note that there was a renaming: the ASPIRE acronym was earlier for Airborne Spectro-Polarization Infrared Experiment, seemingly now what is called CORSAIR.
Note that the acronyms ASPIRE and CORSAIR are also used for other astronomy-related initiatives.