Method of collecting measurements for estimating air data parameters of an aerospace vehicle

A method of collecting measurements for estimating one or more air data parameters by an optical network that is part of an aerospace vehicle, the method comprising:

• converting, by an array of optical sensors, incident light into an optical signal indicating either a measurement for estimating the one or more air data parameters, wherein the array of optical sensors is disposed along a skin of the aerospace vehicle and are embedded in a thin film, and wherein the optical network includes a plurality of arrays of optical sensors;
• measuring, by a plurality of interrogators, a wavelength of a combined optical signal for each of the plurality of arrays of optical sensors that are part of the optical network;
• converting, by the plurality of interrogators, the wavelength of the combined optical signal for each of the plurality of arrays of optical sensors into a corresponding electronic signal indicating the measurement for estimating the one or more air data parameters;
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• sending the corresponding electronic signal indicating the measurement to a platform network for estimating the one or more air data parameters of the aerospace vehicle.