Range safety and phased-array range user system antennas validated in the ECANS project can be seen just behind the cockpit on NASA's NF-15B research aircraft.
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Project: Space-Based Range Demonstration and Certification (SBRDC)
Range safety and phased-array range user system antennas validated in the ECANS project can be seen just behind the cockpit on NASA’s NF-15B research aircraft. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center conducted a series of ground and airborne tests of improved space-based communications and tracking technologies during the SBRDC project under the Exploration Communications and Navigation Systems (ECANS) program.
The project developed and demonstrated state-of-the-art space-based communication links for tracking data, telemetry, and flight termination systems.February 26, 2007NASA Photo / Lori Losey› F-15B SBRDC/ECANS Project Description