Airborne Campaign Schedule
Updated Feb 12, 2025
The campaign schedule table is available in JSON format here.
Non-NASA Platforms in salmon. Currently flying in green. Recently completed campaigns in blue.
Category column: N = NASA Aircraft, C = CAS, J = JPL mission, S = Stratospheric Balloon (Wallops), T = Transport, U = UAS, Bal - Balloon
| Campaign | Instrument | Aircraft | PI or POC | Flight Dates | Location | Science/Tech Goals | Sponsor | SOFRS | Category |
| Micro Gravity Flt | FORGE | Blue Origin | A. Noell | Launched Feb 4, 2025 | Texas | Microfluids in microgravity | NASA Flt Ops | n/a | J |
| SPARTA | SPARTA Picasso Instrument | Blue Origin | R. Anderson | Launched Feb 4, 2025 | Texas | Planetary surface properties | NASA Flt Ops | n/a | J |
| C-FIRST engineering | C-FIRST | B200 (N801NA) | S. Gunapala | Jan - Feb 2025 | CONUS | Test remote sensing fire detection; Precise locations of fires | IIP | 24B009 | N |
| AVUELO | AVIRIS-3 | DA B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood | Feb 5 -late Mar 2025 | Panama & Costa Rica | SBG science objectives; Airborne Validation Unified Experiment Land to Ocean | SBG | 25M023 | C |
| Local UAVSAR | UAVSAR-P | C-20 (N802NA) | Y. Lou | Feb 2025 onward | Edwards | Various science - earthquakes, landslides, snow | ESD | 24G017 | N |
| GHG MIssions 1,2,3 | AVIRIS-5 | DA B200 (N53W) | A. Thorpe | Late Mar 2025 | CONUS | Spectral, radiometric, spatial, and uniformity cal | NASA | 25M003 | C |
| EMIT Cal/Val | AVIRIS-5 | DA B200 (N53W) | A. Thorpe | 2025 Whole Year | Western U.S., Permian Basin | Locate, quantify methane emission targets | EMIT | 25M021 | C |
| HYMS Balloon Flight | HAMMR-HD | Strat balloon | S. Brown | Mar 2025 | Arizona | Next Gen Radiometer measurements 30+ days over CONUS | NOAA | n/a | C, Bal |
| FireSense | AVIRIS-5 | DA B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood | Mar 1 - May 15 2025 | Alabama, Florida | Monitoring areas before, during and after prescribed burns | SMD | 25M006 | C |
| MAIA Science | AirMSPI-2 | ER2 | D. Diner | Mar 17-21, 2025 | Edwards, CA | Aerosols, MAIA support | AITT | 242014 | N |
| A-SMLS Tests | A-SMLS | ER2 | N. Livesey | Mar 17-21, 2025 | Edwards, CA | UTLS chemistry, NG MLS support | AITT | 242006 | N |
| HIGS piggyback | HIGS (High Altitude IR Sounder) | Wallops Strat Balloon | S. Krishnamoothy | Apr 2025 | Wanaka, NZ | IR sounding in New Zealand | N, Bal | ||
| GEMx | AVIRIS-C and/or AVIRIS-5 | ER-2 | I. McCubbin | Apr 15 - Sep 15, 2025 | Western US | Mineralogy mapping | USGS | 242006 | N |
| MC2 | MC2 | LACoFD Helicopter | K. Oudrhihi | Early 2025 | San Gabriel Mts, CA | Measure soil, vegetation moisture with passive L-band | ESD, JPL | n/a | C |
| SMICES-IIP | SMICES radar / radiometer | TBD - likely P3 | P. Kangaslahti | Early 2025 | CONUS | Sensing of ice clouds | IIP | n/a | N |
| QUAKES-I Test | QUAKES-I | B200 (N801NA) | A. Donnellan | Summer 2025 | SoCal | Surface topology | ESD | 25B008 | N |
| HyTES Eng. Flight | HyTES | KBA | B. Eng | Mid-June 2025 | Western US | Engineering fit | SMD | C | |
| NGC-II | YTHP, JLH probe | Northrup Hawker | P. Kangaslahti, R. Herman | Mid 2025 | Palmdale, CA | Water vapor & temperature profiles | DOE ARPA-E | n/a | J |
| NASA Glenn Project | JLH probe | Williams Jet | R. Herman | Mid 2025 | Glenn | Water vapor and temperature profiles | NASA - AAVP | n/a | C |
| ORCAA | Biological sampling instruments | Coastal helicopters | S. Howell | June 2025 | Juneau Icefield, AK | P-STAR: Ocean Worlds Reconnaissance and Characterization of Astrobiologial Analogs | SMD | n/a | C |
| German Bi-static Experiment | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Summer 2025 | Germany | Develop benefits of bi-static SAR | SMD | n/a | N |
| GHG - AIRMAPS | AVIRIS-5 | DA B200 (N53W) | A. Thorpe | Summer 2025 | OH, PA, MD | GHGs | GHG Center | 25M003 | C |
| Sac - San Joaquin River Delta Exp. | AVIRIS-3 | DA B200 (N53W) | M. Eastwood | Aug - Sep 2025 | CA | Aquatic studies for the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta | 25M017 | C | |
| Statospheric Balloon Flt | Mark-IV, WISTLS | Wallops Strat Balloon | A. Kleinboehl | Aug - Sep 2025 | Ft. Sumer, NM | Stratospheric, UTLS chemical profiles – water vapor, piigybakc - planetary Sci TRL instrument advancement | SMD | - | N, Bal |
| PIRS Test | PIRS | B200 801 | A. Soibel | Dec 2025 | CONUS | CO, CO2, humidity & temperature sounding | FireTech | n/a | N |
| SWOT | AirSWOT | B200 (N801NA) | R. Chao PI: M. Simard |
Fall 2025, Spring 2026 | Miss Delta | SWOT validation / DSI Radar piggyback | SWOT | N | |
| India Phase 2B | AVIRIS-3 | ISRO NRSC B200 | M. Eastwood | Sep 2025 - Feb 2026 | India | Ecosystem and agriculture, coastal waters and coral, dust and black carbon on ice | India | O | |
| ASTHROS | ASTHROS | Stratospheric balloon | J. Siles | No earlier than Dec 2025 | APL observatory I&T, Int: Palestine MRR; Dep: Antarctica | Do stars accelerate or decelerate the formation of new stars in their galaxy | NASA | N | |
| NISAR S.A. Cal/Val | UAVSAR-L | C-20 | Y. Lou | Jan 2026 | Peru | NISAR validation | NISAR | N | |
| CARBO-Air Test | CARBO-A | B200 801 | G. Sellar | Jun 2026 | CONUS | Quantify methane and CO2 emissions | ESTO | n/a | TBD |
| UAVSAR simplified L-band (nadir) | TBD | TBD | Y. Lou | TBD | Palmdale |
