GLISTIN-A engineering flight. PI: Y. Lou. (Rosamond, Sierra, Sonoma, Bonneville)
Line order: 1,9,2,3,5,7,4,8 (6 dropped). Heaters set on manually after takeoff, antenna heaters set to 50 0uty cycle - temperature stabilized. Used FMS on 4 of the 9 attempted lines, 8 lines collected, 2nd bonnev line dropped before the flight, line 2 repeated when DGPS dropped at the start of the line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Take off from KPMD, (34.6291666666667, -118.084444444444) Time to first PRE Waupoint: 5 - 15 min | approx distance traveled: 63 km ============================================================================== 41K GPS altitude, far and mid range. LEAD N 35 21.47 W 118 18.48 | NAV1 N 35 10.82 | | 1701CPRE W 118 16.18 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV2 N 34 32.99 | | 1701CPOS W 118 8.07 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 10 - 25 min | approx distance traveled: 134 km ============================================================================== 41K GPS altitude, near and mid range. LEAD N 35 22.14 W 118 13.87 | NAV3 N 35 11.49 | | 1701DPRE W 118 11.56 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV4 N 34 33.67 | | 1701DPOS W 118 3.45 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 21 - 41 min | approx distance traveled: 277 km ============================================================================== Lake Fire. LEAD N 33 48.69 W 117 22.27 | NAV5 N 33 53.32 | | 06500PRE W 117 10.54 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV6 N 34 9.61 | | 06500POS W 116 28.77 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 35 - 60 min | approx distance traveled: 458 km ============================================================================== Lake Fire. LEAD N 33 48.69 W 117 22.27 | NAV7 N 33 53.32 | | 06500PRE W 117 10.54 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV8 N 34 9.61 | | 06500POS W 116 28.77 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 45 - 75 min | approx distance traveled: 600 km ============================================================================== Amboy Crater. Inputs from Y. Lou. Comparison with L- and P-band flight lines. LEAD N 34 47.32 W 116 44.59 | NAV9 N 34 43.15 | | 11305PRE W 116 32.49 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV10 N 34 24.03 | | 11305POS W 115 37.68 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 57 - 92 min | approx distance traveled: 753 km ============================================================================== Potential Cal/Val site for GLISTIN-A. LEAD N 39 26.14 W 113 29.89 | NAV11 N 39 36.94 | | 35809PRE W 113 30.37 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV12 N 40 28.80 | | 35809POS W 113 32.72 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 110 - 150 min | approx distance traveled: 1458 km ============================================================================== Snow pack site. Input flight line from D. Moller. LEAD N 38 39.75 W 119 37.58 | NAV13 N 38 29.25 | | 16607PRE W 119 34.30 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV14 N 37 27.52 | | 16607POS W 119 15.28 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 161 - 206 min | approx distance traveled: 2139 km ============================================================================== Snow pack site. Input flight line from D. Moller. LEAD N 37 10.19 W 118 58.41 | NAV15 N 37 20.70 | | 34606PRE W 119 1.58 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV16 N 38 22.46 | | 34606POS W 119 20.43 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 172 - 222 min | approx distance traveled: 2281 km ============================================================================== NASA Carbon Monitoring System site. Lidar data available. LEAD N 39 2.13 W 123 54.07 | NAV17 N 38 54.14 | | 13804PRE W 123 44.75 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV18 N 38 17.64 | | 13804POS W 123 2.71 | 41000 ft GPS | 198<430 kts <481 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 208 - 263 min | approx distance traveled: 2760 km ============================================================================== Landing at KPMD, 34.629167 -118.084444 Total flight time: 254 - 324 min | Total approx distance: 3362 km ==============================================================================