This paper describes a study that was conducted to determine the quality of thermodynamic and wind data measured by the Space Shuttle Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) Atmospheric Sounding System (TASS). The system has Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking capability and provides profiles of atmospheric parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, and wind in support of potential emergency Space Shuttle landings at TAL sites. Ten comparison flights between the Low-Resolution Flight Element (LRFE) of the Automated Meteorological Profiling System (AMPS) and TASS were conducted at the Eastern Test Range (ETR) in early 2002. Initial results indicated that wind, temperature, and relative humidity compared well. However, incorrect GPS settings in the TASS software were resulting in altitude differences of about 60 to 70 m (approximately 200 to 230 ft) and air pressure differences of approximately 4 hectoPascals (hPa). TASS software updates to correct altitude data were completed in early 2003. Subsequent testing showed that altitude and air pressure differences were generally less than 5 m and 1 hPa, respectively.
Evaluation of the Space Shuttle Transatlantic Abort Landing Atmospheric Sounding System
2004
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Extraterrestrial Exploration , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Atmospheric sounding , Emergency landing , Space shuttles , Global positioning system , Wind(Meteorology) , Thermodynamics , Aborted missions , Landing aids , Resolution , Wind measurement , Test ranges , Meteorological parameters , Humidity , Data processing , Atmospheric pressure
EVALUATION OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE TRANSATLANTIC ABORT, LANDING ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING SYSTEM
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