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P-3B
NASA Wallops Flight Facility operates a Lockheed Martin
P-3B for low altitude heavy lift airborne science missions.
The P-3B has a long history of supporting cryosphere studies,
and due to the long range of the aircraft, it is able
to support ice sheet studies in both the Arctic and Antarctica
polar regions. The P-3B has supported both active optical
remote sensing missions using Lidar instruments such as
the Airborne Terrain Mapper (ATM). The heavy lift capability
of the airframe is able to support passive microwave instruments,
such as NOAA’s Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR),
NASA’s 2-DSTAR, and the JPL polarimetric scatterometer
(POLSCAT) instruments.
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| Owner/Operator: |
NASA-WFF |
| Type: |
Conventional Aircraft |
| Duration: |
12 Hours |
| Useful Payload: |
16,000 lbs |
| Gross Take-off Weight: |
135,000 lbs |
| Onboard Operators: |
19 (including flight crew) |
| Max Altitude: |
30,000 ft. |
| Air Speed: |
330 knots |
| Range: |
3,800 Nmi |
| Power: |
Total Aircraft Power 90 KVA
Power Available 110V @ 400 Hz, 110V @ 60Hz, 28 VDC, 208 V @ 400, 208V @ 60 Hz |
| NASA User Cost: |
$3,500 Per Flight Hour |
| POC: |
Anthony Guillory
757-824-2161 |
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