# Setting up Astro with OGI

## Ventus OGI Payload Hardware Overview

Learn more about the Astro aircraft here:

{% embed url="https://freefly.gitbook.io/astro-public/" %}

The Ventus OGI Payload comprises a Freefly gimbal and an integrated Sierra-Olympia Ventus OGI camera core. It was developed for Astro and other vehicles compatible with the Freefly Smart Dovetail and the Pixhawk Payload Bus standard. More information about how to interface this payload with another aircraft is available here:

{% content-ref url="../../wiris-pro-payload/integration-for-3rd-party-applications" %}
[integration-for-3rd-party-applications](../../wiris-pro-payload/integration-for-3rd-party-applications)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Updating Astro and Herelink

{% hint style="success" %}
The Ventus OGI Payload is only supported in Astro firmware version 1.9.1 or later.
{% endhint %}

{% embed url="https://freefly.gitbook.io/astro-public/astro/maintenance-manual/software" %}

{% embed url="https://freefly.gitbook.io/astro-public/astro/maintenance-manual/software-release-notes" %}

## Installing & Removing the OGI Payload from Astro:

{% hint style="info" %}
Use the **Astro Isolator**, not the Mapping Isolator. Check out the isolator section for more info.
{% endhint %}



{% content-ref url="../../workflows-maintenance-updates/installing-removing-payloads" %}
[installing-removing-payloads](../../workflows-maintenance-updates/installing-removing-payloads)
{% endcontent-ref %}

