Today’s first long mission flight of HALO for the ASCCI mission went well. Landing was approx. 18:41 local and thus almost 9:40 hours flight time practically as planned. No major instrument problems were reported in the de-briefing.
We will now continue with three ground days as planned and the transfer to Kiruna as a longer measurement flight with a planned EarthCARE underflight this Saturday.
Picture: HALO landed on March 4, 2025 in Oberpfaffenhofen. Photo: Andreas Minikin/DLR