The uniquely-shaped Proteus high-altitude research aircraft lifts off from the runway at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, CA.
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The uniquely-shaped Proteus high-altitude research aircraft lifts off from the runway at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, CA. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, under the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project, assisted Scaled Composites in developing a sophisticated station-keeping autopilot system that gave the Proteus a fully functional autonomous capability when on station. In addition, the ERAST project helped fund a satellite communications (SATCOM)-based uplink/downlink data system for aircraft and payload data.
July 26, 1999NASA Photo / Patrick Wright› Proteus Project Description