Credit: NASA/Dryden
On its April 7 flight, the Global Hawk flew approximately 4,500 nautical miles along a flight path that took it to 150.3 degrees West longitude and 54.6 degrees North latitude, just south of Alaska's Kodiak Island. The flight lasted 14.1 hours and flew up to 60,900 feet in altitude.
Credit: NASA/Dryden/Carla Thomas
The Global Hawk can fly autonomously to altitudes above 60,000 feet -- roughly twice as high as a commercial airliner -- and as far as 11,000 nautical miles. Operators pre-program a flight path, and then the plane flies itself for as long as 30 hours.
Credit: NASA/Scott Hanger
The Global Hawk carries 11 instruments to sample the chemical composition of Earth’s two lowest atmospheric layers, to profile the dynamics and meteorology of both, and to observe the distribution of clouds and aerosol particles.
The Global Hawk carries 11 instruments to sample the chemical composition of Earth’s two lowest atmospheric layers, to profile the dynamics and meteorology of both, and to observe the distribution of clouds and aerosol particles.
View this interactive feature to learn more about each of the aircraft's instruments.
via nasa.gov
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