The campaign schedule table is available in JSON format here.
Non-NASA Platforms in salmon. Currently flying in green. Recently completed campaigns in blue.
Category column: N = NASA Aircraft, C = CAS, J = JPL mission, S = Stratospheric Balloon (Wallops), T = Transport, U = UAS
Campaign | Instrument | Aircraft | PI or POC | Flight Dates | Location | Science/Tech Goals | Sponsor | SOFRS | Category |
GEMx | AVIRIS-C | ER2 (NASA 809) | I. McCubbin | Apr 1 - Jun 28 | Western US | Mineralogy mapping 30 flt, 160 hr | USGS | 242006 | N |
AfriSAR Phase 2 | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Jun 24 - Jul 15 | E. & W. Africa | Canopy height, structure & topography 15 flt, 74.1 hr | ESD | 24G010 | N |
AfriSAR Phase 2 | SAR-Fusion | C-20 (N802NA) | A. Donnellan | Jun 24 - Jul 15 | E. & W. Africa | Biomass 15 flt, 74.1 hr | ESD | 24G010 | N |
Germany SAR Mission | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Jul 15-24 | Germany | Bistatic tests 4 flt, 12.1 hr | ESD | 24G010 | N |
Hahamongna - multi project activities | Cameras and other tech dev | sUAS (VTOLs) | R. Brockers | Whole Year | JPL Arroyo | (1) Proficiency (2) Research (Mars helicopter, imaging) (3) Not research (media) | Various | n/a | U |
Laurentides STV | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Jul 25-26 | Quebec | Vegetation mapping | TE | 24G011 | N |
Laurentides STV | SAR-Fusion | C-20 (N802NA) | A. Donnellan | Jul 25-26 | Quebec | Vegetation mapping | TE | 24G011 | N |
P-STAR | HIS from Colgate | 2 drones - Colgate + JPL | Colgate PI: A. Fraeman | Week of Jul 26 | Oregon Alvord desert | Remote sensing of geo structures | P-STAR | n/a | U |
MC2 | MC2 | LACoFD Helicopter | K. Oudrhihi | Aug - Sep 2024 | San Gabriel Mts, CA | Measure soil, vegetation moisture with passive L-band | ESD, JPL | n/a | C |
QUAKES-I Test | QUAKES-I | B200 (N801NA) | A. Donnellan | Oct or later 2024 | Edwards, CA | Surface topology | ESD | 24B006 | N |
C-FIRST | C-FIRST | B200 (N801NA) | S. Gunapala | late Sep 2024 | Edwards, CA | Test remote sensing fire detection; Precise locations of fires | IIP | n/a | N |
MAIA Science | AirMSPI-2 | ER2 | D. Diner | earliest Mar 2025 (no availability) | Edwards, CA | Aerosols, MAIA support | AITT | 242014 | N |
A-SMLS Tests | A-SMLS | ER2 | N. Livesey | 2025 | Edwards, CA | UTLS chemistry, NG MLS support | AITT | 242006 | N |
N-SAIL | Cameras, LiDARs | sUAS | A. Donnellan | thru June 2025 | JPL Arroyo, CA and NV | SAR for drones | JPL | n/a | U |
PACE | PRISM | ER-2 | D. Thompson | Aug 5 - Oct 4 | California | Plankton, aerosol, cloud, ocean, ecosystem | ESD | 242007 | N |
ABoVE | UAVSAR-L | C-20 (N802NA) | C. Miller | Aug 12-30 | Canada, Fairbanks AK, CA | Soil moisture, permafrost depth, tree compositional gradients | NASA | N | |
GHG Center mission | AVIRIS-NG | LaRC G3 | A. Thorpe | Fall 2024 | CONUS | GHGs | GHG Center | N | |
NGC-II | YTHP, JLH probe | Northrup Hawker | P. Kangaslahti, R. Herman | Fall 2024 | Palmdale, CA | Water vapor & temperature profiles | DOE ARPA-E | n/a | J |
NASA Glenn Project | JLH probe | Williams Jet | R. Herman | Winter 2024 | Glenn | Water vapor | NASA - AAVP | n/a | C |
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HyTES Eng. Flight | HyTES | KBA | B. Eng | Early 2025 | Western US | Engineering fit | SMD | C | |
Local UAVSAR | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Sep 2 - Oct 18 | Out of Edwards | Various science - earthquakes, landslides | N | ||
FireSense | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Oct 1-18 | Western US | Post-burn ground status, soil moisture | ESD | N | |
NISAR S.A. Cal/Val | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Oct 21 - Dec 6 | Peru | NISAR validation | NISAR | N | |
SWOT | AirSWOT | B200 | R. Chao | Nov 2024 | West Coast | SWOT validation / DSI Radar piggyback | SWOT | N | |
SPARTA | SPARTA Picasso Instrument | Blue Origin | R. Anderson | Late 2024 | Texas | Planetary surface properties | NASA Picasso | n/a | J |
SPARTA | Zero-G | Ames L. Sollit (RASP) | Late 2024 | Lunar soil | |||||
SMICES-IIP | SMICES radar / radiometer | TBD - likely P3 | P. Kangaslahti | Early 2025 | CONUS | Sensing of ice clouds | IIP | n/a | N |
ASTHROS | ASTHROS | Stratospheric balloon | J. Siles | Int: Dec 2023, Jun 2024 Antarc: Dec 2024 | APL observatory I&T, Int: Palestine MRR; Dep: Antarctica | Do stars acccelerate or decelerate the formation of new stars in their galaxy | NASA | N | |
PIRS Test | PIRS | B200 801 | A. Soibel | Jul 2025 | CONUS | CO, CO2, humidity & temperature sounding | FireTech | n/a | N |
India Phase 2B | AVIRIS-3 | ISRO NRSC B200 | M. Eastwood | Oct 2024 - Feb 2025 | India | Ecosystem and agriculture, coastal waters and coral, dust and black carbon on ice | India | O | |
CARBO-Air Test | CARBO-A | B200 801 | G. Sellar | Jun 2026 | CONUS | Quantify methane and CO2 emissions | ESTO | n/a | TBD |
UAVSAR simplified L-band (nadir) | TBD | TBD | Y. Lou | TBD | Palmdale | ||||
WorldView | Radiometer | Strat balloon | S. Brown | Mar 2025 | Arizona | Radiometer measurements 30+ days over CONUS |