Global Hawk #871 09/15/13 - 09/16/13
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
871-0091
Payload Configuration:
HS3 - TN871 2013 config
Nav Data Collected:
No
Total Flight Time:
22.9 hours
Submitted by:
Chris Naftel on 09/16/13
Flight Segments:
| From: | WFF | To: | WFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 09/15/13 13:38 Z | Finish: | 09/16/13 12:30 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 22.9 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 13H010 | PI: | Marilyn Vasques | ||
| Funding Source: | Hal Maring - NASA - SMD - ESD Radiation Science Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | The purpose of this mission was to investigate Hurricane Ingrid. Part way into the mission, the aircraft experienced very cold air and the fuel temperature reached the limit that requires a return to base. On the way back to WFF, the aircraft was directed to gather data around a couple of interesting areas of convection. | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 13H010 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 459.1 |
| Total Used | 272.4 |
| Total Remaining | 186.7 |
| 13H010 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 08/01/13 | 872-0111 | Check | 5 | 5 | 454.1 | |
| 08/08/13 | 871-0087 | Check | 4.6 | 9.6 | 449.5 | |
| 08/14/13 | 871-0088 | Ferry | 10.8 | 20.4 | 438.7 | |
| 08/16/13 | 872-0112 | Ferry | 10.2 | 30.6 | 428.5 | |
| 08/20/13 - 08/21/13 | 872-0113 | Science | 25.1 | 55.7 | 403.4 | |
| 08/24/13 - 08/25/13 | 872-0114 | Science | 24.6 | 80.3 | 378.8 | |
| 08/29/13 - 08/30/13 | 872-0115 | Science | 22.6 | 102.9 | 356.2 | |
| 09/03/13 - 09/04/13 | 871-0089 | Science | 23.2 | 126.1 | 333 | |
| 09/04/13 - 09/05/13 | 872-0116 | Science | 22.9 | 149 | 310.1 | |
| 09/07/13 - 09/08/13 | 872-0117 | Science | 23.2 | 172.2 | 286.9 | |
| 09/10/13 | 871-0090 | Science | 4.6 | 176.8 | 282.3 | |
| 09/15/13 - 09/16/13 | 871-0091 | Science | 22.9 | 199.7 | 259.4 | |
| 09/16/13 - 09/17/13 | 872-0118 | Science | 20.6 | 220.3 | 238.8 | |
| 09/17/13 | 871-0092 | Science | 4.5 | 224.8 | 234.3 | |
| 09/19/13 - 09/20/13 | 872-0119 | Science | 22.7 | 247.5 | 211.6 | |
| 09/25/13 - 09/26/13 | 871-0093 | Science | 15.1 | 262.6 | 196.5 | |
| 09/26/13 | 872-0120 | Ferry | 9.8 | 272.4 | 186.7 | |
Flight Reports began being entered into this system as of 2012 flights. If there were flights flown under an earlier log number the flight reports are not available online.
Related Science Report:
HS3 - Global Hawk #871 09/15/13 - 09/16/13 Science Report
Mission:
HS3
Mission Summary:
This was an AV-1 flight to Hurricane Ingrid in the Gulf of Mexico. The on-station time was cut short due to extremely cold atmospheric temperatures in the region. The instruments were able to get additional data over other precipitation targets on the return to Wallops.
Submitted by:
Scott Braun on 09/20/13