The campaign schedule table is available in JSON format here.
Non-NASA Platforms in salmon.
Category column: N = NASA Aircraft, C = CAS, J = JPL mission, S = Stratospheric Balloon (Wallops), T = Transport
Campaign | Instrument | Aircraft | PI or POC | Flight Dates | Location | Status | Sponsor | SOFRS | Category |
HyTES Europe | HyTES | Kenn Borek Twin Otter (C-GKBH) | B. Eng | May 25 -Jul 3 | Italy & France | Flying now (5 flts since May 25) | ESA/NASA | 23M022 | C |
EL ILS | Different LIDARs | Corporate Helicopters, Helicopter | Ed Konefat | May & Sep-Oct 2023 | Death Valley, CA | IASP, HAZ, FAD under AFRC review. Working flight envelope expansion with auto-rotation test | JPL | N/A | J |
SWOT Cal/Val | AirSWOT | Most likely 801 instead of N48Q Dynamic Aviation | R. Chao | Jun - Aug 2023 | Quebec, Canada | Determine whether N48Q or 801 | SWOT | 23M016 | C |
AVIRIS-3 Test Flights | AVIRIS-3 | B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood | Jun 2023 | Bridgewater, VA | Submitted IASP, HAZ, FAD May 30 to AFRC. | SMD ESD TE | 23M019 | C |
ABoVE | AVIRIS-3 | Dynamic Aviation B200 (N53W) | C. Miller | Jul-Aug 2023 (After AVIRIS-3 tests) | Alaska | On Track | NASA TE Program Margolis | 23M020 | C |
ABoVE | UAVSAR | C-20 (NASA802) | C. Miller | “ | “ | Likely 2024 | “ | N | |
ORCAA | Helicopter transport | Either Vertical Solutions Heli or Coastal Helicopters | S. Howell | Jun 29 – July 12 | Juneau, AK | Vertical is CAS approved; May be able to approve Coastal b/c this is regular operation for them – Virtual audit and AFRC decision | NASA PSTAR | N/A | T |
GEMx/EMRI Aug Deploy | AVIRIS-C, HyTES | ER2 (NASA806) | I. McCubbin | Aug 14, 2023 start; 2023-2025 | CA, NV, AZ, NM | Safety pinged McCubbin for info | USGS | N | |
Landslides | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | May 15 – Jul 21, 2023 | CA | C-20 out of mainenance; Still in play | April 28 ac out of maintence; then to get aircrew current | 23G017 | N |
HyTES G5 Test | HyTES | JSC G5 (N95NA) | B. Eng | After HyTES Europe | Houston, TX | Needs New PIF and Safety Plan; May not fly until after HyTES-Europe due to G5 used for ISS recovery | NASA, NSF, SANSA | N | |
STAQS | AVIRIS-NG | LaRC G-III | M. Eastwood (JPL) | Jun 5 - Aug 23, 2023 | New York | C | |||
Venus Aerobot Tether | JPL Payload | Small balloon | Ashish Goel (JPL) | 07/29 and 08/05 | BLM area close to Barstow/Victorville, CA | Is this the one they wanted photos? I don’t think so. There is a commercial entity that can take photos. | J | ||
VERITAS Iceland | UAVs | Iceland company Svarmi ehf.; backup is U. Alaska Fairbanks | D. Nunes; S. Smrekar | Aug 1-13 | Iceland | JPL NOT fly; JPL will direct data acquisition. | J | ||
AITT Tests | A-SMLS, AirMSPI-2 | ER2 (NASA806) | N. Livesey, D. Diner | Aug, 2023 | Palmdale, CA | Support Canadian Space Agency Instruments | AITT | N | |
AfriSAR | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Aug 15 – Aug 30, 2023 | Gabon | Likely | N | ||
Airborne Aquatic Studies | AVIRIS-3 | B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood | Sep 2023 | San Joaquin Delta, CA | 23M017 | C | ||
Athabasca EELS | EELS Robot | Helicopter from No Limits | M. Paton | Sep 2023 | Alberta, Canada | Got approval to subcontract Mar 13 | J | ||
PSTAR weather ballon | Infrasound | Small balloon | S. Krishnamoorthy | Sept 24, 2023 | Eureka, NC | TBD; In conjunction with OSIRIS-REx reentry same day | PSTAR | J | |
SASSIE | PALS | Kenn Borek BT-67 | S. Misra | Sep 2023 | Arctic | Strake replacement method – xtra material behind strakes – consider TC – very unlikely | NASA TE Program Margolis | C | |
FIRESENSE | AVIRIS-3 UAVSAR-which band | B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood (JPL) | Sep 2023 | Western US | 24M005 (AVIRIS-3) | C | ||
FASMEE | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Oct 9 – Oct20, 2023 | Western US | Tentative | US Forest Service | N | |
BioSCape | HyTES, AVIRIS-NG, PRISM | G5 (HyTES), LaRC G3 (AVIRIS, PRISM) | A. Wilson (U. Buffalo); Eastwood, Thompson | Oct-Dec 2023 | S. Africa | Test flights now for HyTES | NASA, NSF, SANSA | N | |
Strat- balloon | MkIV | Stratospheric Gondola – WFF oversight | Armin Klienbohl, Geoff Toon | Sep 2023 | Ft. Sumner, NM | Might add TLS instrument to typical payload | NASA SMD | S | |
NGC-II (JLH + YTHP) | YTHP, JLH | Northrop Grumman G-II (N82CR) | P. Kangaslahti, R. Herman | Sep 2023 | Palmdale, CA | Held JLH pre-ship Mar 9, 1:30PM NGC – doing analysis of YHTP install (mounting by NG) | Part of NASA SMICES IIP | J | |
SPARTA | SPARTA Picasso instrument | Blue Origin – unmanned | R. Anderson | 2024 | Texas | Safety/Performance Pre-ship review March 7. Invite BO. Documentation needed – start with previous. Design pkg for BO in April? | NASA Picasso | J | |
Ice Sounding Test | UAVSAR-P (AirMOSS) | C-20 (N802NA) | Ala Khazendar, Yunling Lou | 2024 | Greenland | NASA SMD | N |