NASA/JPL/ESA - 2019 HyTES Joint European Campaign Status
2019 HyTES Joint Campaign with NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), King College London, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) aboard a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) aircraft.
| Overall Status | |
|---|---|
| Description | Status |
| Instrument | In transit to JPL |
| Current location | UK-USA transit |
| Aircraft | Reconfigured for transit |
| Data Processing | All Quicklooks are complete |
Status Blog
1 July 2019
Removal of HyTES from BAS aircraft with operating vintage aircrafts in the background
30 June 2019
Final Data acquisition flight - 5 scenes captured View Quicklooks
29 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 12 scenes captured View Quicklooks
28 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 19 scenes captured View Quicklooks
27 June 2019
Return to Duxford, UK and ready for airborne science flights
26 June 2019
Down day - Morning calibration was performed
25 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 4 scenes captured View Quicklooks
24 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 14 scenes captured View Quicklooks
23 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 18 scenes captured View Quicklooks
23 June 2019
Ready for another afternoon of airborne science
Ground measurements by Kings College London in foreground
Water measurements by the ground team.
22 June 2019
No flights scheduled because of thunderstorms in the area.
21 June 2019
Down day - The pilot is required not to fly.
20 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 15 scenes captured View Quicklooks
19 June 2019
Data acquisition flight - 14 scenes captured View Quicklooks
18 June 2019
Second data acquisition flight - 13 scenes captured View Quicklooks
17 June 2019
First data acquisition flight - Four scenes captured View Quicklooks
16 June 2019
Welcome to Italy
15 June 2019
Flight Delay: Severe thunderstorms in France has delayed departure from UK by one day.
14 June 2019
Taxi Checklist performed and plane is ready for flight to Italy
9 June 2019
The HyTES instrument is at equilibrium and two calibrations have been performed with good results
9 June 2019
The HyTES instrument is at equilibrium and two calibrations have been performed with good results
7 June 2019
Modifications were completed on the BAS plane and the HyTES instrument is inside the plane and cooling to the operating temperature
31 May 2019
Cooling at operating temperature
30 May 2019
Instrument started Cooling to operating temperature
JPL Engineers verified onboard survey power is active
27 May 2019
HyTES Arrived in UK
17 May 2019
HyTES Departed JPL