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Global Hawk #872 09/04/13 - 09/05/13
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
872-0116
Payload Configuration:
HS3 - TN872 2013 configuration
Nav Data Collected:
No
Total Flight Time:
22.9 hours
Submitted by:
Chris Naftel on 09/05/13
Flight Segments:
| From: | WFF | To: | WFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 09/04/13 15:08 Z | Finish: | 09/05/13 14:00 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: | During this flight, the tropical system was named Tropical Storm Gabrielle by the NHC. Also, the NHC used dropsonde data from the flight to characterize the storm. A record 80 sondes were deployed during the mission. Also, this marked the first time that back-to-back science flights have been conducted. | ||||
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 #872 09/04/13 - 09/05/13 Science Report
Mission:
HS3
Mission Summary:
AV-6 flight around Tropical Storm Gabrielle and an adjacent convective system
Submitted by:
Scott Braun on 09/11/13