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
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Campaign | Instrument | Aircraft | PI or POC | Flight Dates | Location | Science/Tech Goals | Sponsor | SOFRS | Category |
JPL Hahamongna UAS | 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 |
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 | 24G023 | 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 | |
GHG Center mission | AVIRIS-NG | LaRC G3 | A. Thorpe | Sep - Dec 2024 | CONUS | GHGs | GHG Center | 25M003 | N |
Local UAVSAR | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Sep 2 - Oct 18 | Out of Edwards | Various science - earthquakes, landslides | 24G017 | N | |
FireSense | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Oct 1-18 | Western US | Post-burn ground status, soil moisture | ESD | 25G003 | N |
QUAKES-I Test | QUAKES-I | B200 (N801NA) | A. Donnellan | Oct 21-15 backup Nov 4-8 | Edwards, CA | Surface topology | ESD | 24B006 | 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 | |
SWOT | AirSWOT | B200 | R. Chao PI: M. Simard | Nov 2024 | West Coast | SWOT validation / DSI Radar piggyback | SWOT | N | |
ASTHROS | ASTHROS | Stratospheric balloon | J. Siles | Postponed from 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 | |
SPARTA | SPARTA Picasso Instrument | Blue Origin | R. Anderson | Late 2024 | Texas | Planetary surface properties | NASA Flt Ops | n/a | J |
SPARTA | SPARTA Flight Ops | Zero-G | Ames L. Sollit (RASP) | Late 2024 | Lunar soil | NASA Flt Ops | n/a | J | |
FORGE | Micro Gravity Flt | Blue Origin | N. Obomy | By end of 2024 | Texas | Microfluids in microgravity | NASA Flt Ops | n/a | J |
A-SMLS Tests | A-SMLS | ER2 | N. Livesey | Early 2025 | Edwards, CA | UTLS chemistry, NG MLS support | AITT | 242006 | N |
MC2 | MC2 | LACoFD Helicopter | K. Oudrhihi | 2025 | San Gabriel Mts, CA | Measure soil, vegetation moisture with passive L-band | ESD, JPL | n/a | C |
SMICES-IIP | SMICES radar / radiometer | TBD - likely P3 | P. Kangaslahti | Early 2025 | CONUS | Sensing of ice clouds | IIP | n/a | N |
HyTES Eng. Flight | HyTES | KBA | B. Eng | Early 2025 | Western US | Engineering fit | SMD | C | |
WorldView | Radiometer | Strat balloon | S. Brown | Mar 2025 | Arizona | Radiometer measurements 30+ days over CONUS | |||
MAIA Science | AirMSPI-2 | ER2 | D. Diner | Mar 2025 | Edwards, CA | Aerosols, MAIA support | AITT | 242014 | N |
NISAR S.A. Cal/Val | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | May 2025 | Peru | NISAR validation | NISAR | N | |
NGC-II | YTHP, JLH probe | Northrup Hawker | P. Kangaslahti, R. Herman | Mid 2025 | Palmdale, CA | Water vapor & temperature profiles | DOE ARPA-E | n/a | J |
NASA Glenn Project | JLH probe | Williams Jet | R. Herman | Mid 2025 | Glenn | Water vapor | NASA - AAVP | n/a | C |
PIRS Test | PIRS | B200 801 | A. Soibel | Jul 2025 | CONUS | CO, CO2, humidity & temperature sounding | FireTech | n/a | N |
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 |