Military Aerospace Electronics - Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform.
PACE-PAX
Tuesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 3, 2024 (all times PDT)
ER-2
0630: Access Begins
1430: Access Ends
ASP Lab Access
Coordinate with Jeff Nelms and/or ESPO
Friday, October 4, 2024
RDO at AFRC - Please plan accordingly
ER-2 Science Flight #13
0645: Instrument Hands On
0715: Preflight Science Weather Briefing (ER-2) (Teams Meeting)
0745: Mission Briefing ER-2 Go/No-Go (Teams Meeting)
*NOTE: A representative from each instrument must be present*
0745: Instrument Hands Off / ER-2 Tow out
1040: Takeoff
1715: Landing
~1800: Flight Debrief (Teams Meeting) ~45 minutes after landing
*NOTE: A representative from each instrument must be present*
1845: Access Ends
NASA Blogs - Stephen Broccardo, research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, is the principal investigator for the Sea-going Sky-Scanning Sun-tracking Atmospheric Research Radiometer (SeaSTAR). The ship-based instrument is one of many in a campaign set out to gather data around the world to check the information that NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite is collecting in orbit. Broccardo will use SeaSTAR for the first time in an upcoming PACE validation campaign.
Meetings (all times PDT):
1000: Weather Briefing, Mission Status and Flight Planning Meeting (Teams Meeting)
Saturday/Sunday September 28/29 (all times PDT)
Meetings:
None!
ER-2
Hard Down Day
Twin Otter
0800 Hangar Access
Sunday, September 29, 2024 (all times PDT)
Meetings:
1000: Weather Briefing, Mission Status and Flight Planning Meeting (Teams Meeting)
NASA Video - Introduction to Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Econtroduction to Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hyperspectral Observations for Water Quality Monitoring Part 1: Introduction to the PACE Mission for Water Quality Monitoring ARSET Trainers: Amita Mehta Guest Instructors: Antonio Mannino Learning Objectives: 1. Review past and current hyperspectral missions useful for water quality applications 2.
Meetings (all times PDT):
1000: Weather Briefing, Mission Status and Flight Planning Meeting (Teams Meeting)
Meetings (all times PDT):
1000: Weather Briefing, Mission Status and Flight Planning Meeting (Teams Meeting)
Meetings (all times PDT):
1000: Weather Briefing, Mission Status and Flight Planning Meeting (Teams Meeting)
1400: PACE-PAX Show and Tell (Teams Meeting)
NASA ER-2
0630: Access Begins
1200: PACE-PAX AFRC Team Group Photo
1300: ER-2 Weather + Ops Brief (Teams Meeting)
1430: Access Ends
CIRPAS Twin Otter
0800: Hangar Access
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