This slide presentation reviews the Global Hawk, a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that NASA plans to use for Earth Sciences research. The Global Hawk is the world's first fully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft, and is capable of conducting long duration missions. Plans are being made for the use of the aircraft on missions in the Arctic, Pacific and Western Atlantic Oceans. There are slides showing the Global Hawk Operations Center (GHOC), Flight Control and Air Traffic Control Communications Architecture, and Payload Integration and Accommodations on the Global Hawk. The first science campaign, planned for a study of the Pacific Ocean, is reviewed.


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    Title :

    NASA Global Hawk: A New Tool for Earth Science Research


    Contributors:
    Hall, Phill (author)

    Conference:

    33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment ; 2009 ; Stresa, Italy


    Publication date :

    2009-05-06


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English