Watch a short movie of the Altair takeoff for the record breaking 21 hour flight on Oct.11-12, 2006
part one - part two (Quicktime movies ~5MB each) |
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| Photos from the Oct 19 - 20, 2006 Flight: |
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| David Nance installing insulation on UCATS for flight of Oct 19-20. |
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David Nance (left) and Dale Hurst (right) installing insulation on UCATS. |
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UCATS (gold) and Ku band satellite disk in Altair UAS. |
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| NOAA logo on Altair UAS tail fin. |
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Dale Hurst checking final alignment of UCATS instrument in Altair UAS nose. |
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David Nance of the UCATS team viewing installation in the morning. |
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| Altair before takeoff on Oct 19 on Gray Butte runway. |
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Altair UAS approaching runway for takeoff. |
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Altair liftoff of front landing gear. |
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| Beginning of takeoff. |
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Test of engine on runway. |
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Serial data stream on computer monitor of UCATS data in NASA Fire Mission Trailer via NASA REVEAL. |
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| UAS Altair in flight on October 19, 2009. Record scientific payload flown to 48,000 ft. |
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Altair in the air shortly after takeoff |
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Photos from Oct 11 - 16, 2006 |
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| Altair October 11, 2006 |
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Sam Oltmans, Geoff Dutton, Dale Hurst, Patrick Cullis, Jim Elkins |
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Altair October 11, 2006 |
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| The Fire sensor and its pod are not mounted in these photos. UCATS is the gold box behind the Ku Band disk antenna in the nose. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is using two C-band antennas this time, top and bottom.
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Fire Sensor Pod
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Argus Instrument in Altair's Nose
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Dale Hurst doing post flight analysis of UCATS data
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Fire Sensor Pod close-up
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REVEAL Box
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UCATS close-up
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Altair Landing
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Altair Landing
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UCATS Instrument
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Altair in Flight
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Altair Post Flight
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