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Photo Date: | November 1, 2006 |
Formats: | Low Resolution Image Contact Sheet (119538 KBytes) Medium Resolution Image Contact Sheet (119632 KBytes) High Resolution Image Contact Sheet (119535 KBytes) |
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Lockheed ER-2 |
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ER-2s bearing tail numbers 806 and 809 are used as airborne science platforms by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The aircraft are platforms for a variety of high-altitude science missions flown over various parts of the world. They are also used for earth science and atmospheric sensor research and development, satellite calibration and data validation. The ER-2s are capable of carrying a maximum payload of 2,600 pounds of experiments in a nose bay, the main equipment bay behind the cockpit, two wing-mounted superpods and small underbody and trailing edges. Most ER-2 missions last about six hours with ranges of about 2,200 nautical miles. The aircraft typically fly at altitudes above 65,000 feet. On November 19, 1998, an ER-2 set a world record for medium weight aircraft reaching an altitude of 68,700 feet. The aircraft is 63 feet long, with a wingspan of 104 feet. The top of the vertical tail is 16 feet above ground when the aircraft is on the bicycle-type landing gear. Cruising speeds are 410 knots, or 467 miles per hour, at altitude. A single General Electric F-118 turbofan engine rated at 17,000 pounds thrust powers the ER-2. |
Keywords: | ER-2; airborne science; platforms; earth science; atmospheric sensor research and development; satellite calibration; data validation; NASA; Dryden Flight Research Center |
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