During the summer of 2002, two airborne missions were flown as part of a NASA Earth Science Enterprise program to demonstrate the use of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform earth science. One mission, the Altus Cumulus Electrification Study (ACES), successfully measured lightning storms in the vicinity of Key West, Florida, during storm season using a high-altitude Altus(TM) UAV. In the other, a solar-powered UAV, the Pathfinder Plus, flew a high-resolution imaging mission over coffee fields in Kauai, Hawaii, to help guide the harvest.


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    Title :

    Lessons Learned from NASA UAV Science Demonstration Program Missions


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English