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It’s a long journey from Central Europe to „the end of the world”. Most of the SouthTRAC participants have been travelling for up to two days using trains, commercial aircraft and rental cars. It was a three-day journey for HALO…
Continue reading Transfer completed – HALO arrived in Rio Grande
On time at 0700 UTC (9 o’clock local time in Germany) in a cloudy but dry Bavarian morning, HALO took to the skies and headed south-west for its first interim destination Sal on Cape Verde. The flight today, estimated to take 6.5 hours, marks the beginning of the scientific experiments where all instruments are operational. Continue reading HALO set off to Cape Verde
Late at night on Thursday scientists tested the 532 nm laser of the ALIMA lidar (light detection and ranging).
The alignment of the laser emitted through a window on top of the aircraft, as well as the telescope that detects the backscattered photons, were adjusted. Continue reading Infinite beam
On Monday HALO completed the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) test flight. Circling over southwestern Bavaria, all scientific instruments were turned on and checked for potential interference with aircraft control, communication and navigation systems. Continue reading EMC test flight completed
HALO’s electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) ground test was completed successfully today. This test is required before the aircraft may lift off for the first time in this instrument configuration in order to perform the airborne EMC test. This flight is currently scheduled for Monday, 19 August 2019.