Sean Turgeon of Raven Aerospace gives a 29:26 minute talk about: Lighter- ThanAir Innovation: Stratospheric Balloons, Radar Sensors & Aerostats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSr_5TEA5g
Raven Aerostar has an educational program for students. See Chapter 10.
5.5 NEAR SPACE CORPORATION
Near Space Corporation (NSC) is a flight test provider supporting the NASA
Flight Opportunities Program of the Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. The
Johnson Near Space Center, located at the uncontrolled Tillamook Airport on the
Oregon coast, first began operation in the spring of 2013. The facility was custom
built to enable flight testing of NSC’s high altitude balloons for both government
and commercial entities. The state of the art balloon facility hosts the company’s
engineering, production and flight operations, and includes a large integration
hangar and dedicated control tower, as well as a launch area of 100 acres. The
Tillamook Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Range became operational in
November 2015 as part of the Pan Pacific UAS Test Range Complex; one of the
six FAA designated UAS Test Sites. The upgrade allowed NSC to competitively
address the emerging UAS test flight market and to increase the number of high
altitude flights ranging up to 40 km (130,000 ft) by unmanned balloons, drones,
and hybrid aircraft. The operations area consists of 82,879 km
2
(32,000 mi
2
) of
regional airspace with access to the nearby Pacific Ocean and W-570 Special Use
Airspace. In 2016, the facility had a $1.4 million dollar major upgrade to the new
collocated Tillamook UAS Test Range. The upgrade utilized grants from the State
of Oregon to provide essential infrastructure and key range personnel to enhance
the testing and integration of unmanned aircraft. The upgrades provide a unique
instrumented range that encompasses both low and high altitude airspace for the
testing of unmanned technologies outside of restricted airspace. The Operations
Control Center gained additional ground stations, secure data servers, local radar,
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) coverage, range video &
communication systems, high altitude sound detection and ranging (SODAR), a
GPS simulator, and other specialized test equipment. The grant also supported the
hiring of a full time Test Range Manager and Range Safety Officer to enable the
company to support more customers.
The combined operations of the Johnson Near Space Center and Tillamook
UAS Test Range offers a truly unique state of the art flight test facility, instrumented range, access to a wide array of testing environments, professional range
support, and the ability to expedite approval of flights which test unmanned
technologies.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSr_5TEA5g
Raven Aerostar has an educational program for students. See Chapter 10.
5.5 NEAR SPACE CORPORATION
Near Space Corporation (NSC) is a flight test provider supporting the NASA
Flight Opportunities Program of the Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. The
Johnson Near Space Center, located at the uncontrolled Tillamook Airport on the
Oregon coast, first began operation in the spring of 2013. The facility was custom
built to enable flight testing of NSC’s high altitude balloons for both government
and commercial entities. The state of the art balloon facility hosts the company’s
engineering, production and flight operations, and includes a large integration
hangar and dedicated control tower, as well as a launch area of 100 acres. The
Tillamook Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Range became operational in
November 2015 as part of the Pan Pacific UAS Test Range Complex; one of the
six FAA designated UAS Test Sites. The upgrade allowed NSC to competitively
address the emerging UAS test flight market and to increase the number of high
altitude flights ranging up to 40 km (130,000 ft) by unmanned balloons, drones,
and hybrid aircraft. The operations area consists of 82,879 km
2
(32,000 mi
2
) of
regional airspace with access to the nearby Pacific Ocean and W-570 Special Use
Airspace. In 2016, the facility had a $1.4 million dollar major upgrade to the new
collocated Tillamook UAS Test Range. The upgrade utilized grants from the State
of Oregon to provide essential infrastructure and key range personnel to enhance
the testing and integration of unmanned aircraft. The upgrades provide a unique
instrumented range that encompasses both low and high altitude airspace for the
testing of unmanned technologies outside of restricted airspace. The Operations
Control Center gained additional ground stations, secure data servers, local radar,
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) coverage, range video &
communication systems, high altitude sound detection and ranging (SODAR), a
GPS simulator, and other specialized test equipment. The grant also supported the
hiring of a full time Test Range Manager and Range Safety Officer to enable the
company to support more customers.
The combined operations of the Johnson Near Space Center and Tillamook
UAS Test Range offers a truly unique state of the art flight test facility, instrumented range, access to a wide array of testing environments, professional range
support, and the ability to expedite approval of flights which test unmanned
technologies.
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