DC-8 07/21/17 - 07/22/17
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
1209
Payload Configuration:
ASCENDS Payload: CO₂ Sounder, Picarro, ACES, AVOCET, DACOM, DLH, DLH-X, CO₂ 7000
Nav Data Collected:
No
Total Flight Time:
5.6 hours
Submitted by:
Chris Jennison on 08/03/17
Flight Segments:
| From: | KPMD | To: | KPMD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 07/21/17 19:55 Z | Finish: | 07/22/17 01:31 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 5.6 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 178007 | PI: | James Abshire | ||
| Funding Source: | Ken Jucks - NASA - SMD - ESD Upper Atmosphere Research Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | Instrument calibration flight. The flight was conducted in the central San Joaquin Valley and conditions were acceptable despite seasonal wildfires around the area. Three spiral descents and climbs were accomplished over Merced, CA (KMER) and two over Porterville (KPTV). All instruments performed well. The payload is ready to deploy. | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 178007 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 60 |
| Total Used | 56.1 |
| Total Remaining | 3.9 |
| 178007 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 07/20/17 | 1206 | Other | 0.9 | 0.9 | 59.1 | |
| 07/20/17 - 07/21/17 | 1208 | Science | 4.3 | 5.2 | 54.8 | |
| 07/21/17 - 07/22/17 | 1209 | Science | 5.6 | 10.8 | 49.2 | |
| 07/27/17 - 07/28/17 | 1211 | Transit | 9.4 | 20.2 | 39.8 | |
| 07/31/17 - 08/01/17 | 1212 | Science | 7.9 | 28.1 | 31.9 | |
| 08/03/17 | 1213 | Science | 6.6 | 34.7 | 25.3 | |
| 08/05/17 | 1214 | Science | 6.1 | 40.8 | 19.2 | |
| 08/06/17 | 1215 | Science | 7 | 47.8 | 12.2 | |
| 08/08/17 - 08/09/17 | 1216 | Transit | 8.3 | 56.1 | 3.9 | |
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