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NASA Airborne Science Program: NASA Stratospheric PlatformsThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducts a wide variety of remote sensing projects using several unique aircraft platforms. These vehicles have been selected and modified to provide capabilities that are particularly important for geophysical research, in particular, routine access to very high altitudes, long range, long endurance, precise trajectory control, and the payload capacity to operate multiple, diverse instruments concurrently. While the NASA program has been in operation for over 30 years, new aircraft and technological advances that will expand the capabilities for airborne observation are continually being assessed and implemented. This presentation will review the current state of NASA's science platforms, recent improvements and new missions concepts as well as provide a survey of emerging technologies unmanned aerial vehicles for long duration observations (Global Hawk and Predator). Applications of information technology that allow more efficient use of flight time and the ability to rapidly reconfigure systems for different mission objectives are addressed.
Document ID
20110008310
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Curry, Robert E.
(NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
October 26, 2010
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
DFRC-E-DAA-TN2387
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2010 International Conference on Airborne Research for the Environment (ICARE)
Location: Toulouse
Country: France
Start Date: October 25, 2010
End Date: October 31, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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