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Tehachapi Mountains Backdrop for SBRDC/ECANS Flight
Tehachapi Mountains Backdrop for SBRDC/ECANS Flight

The jagged ridges of Southern California’s Tehachapi Mountains formed the backdrop to NASA’s brightly-colored NF-15B testbed aircraft during a research…

Antennas on SBRDC/ECANS Project Aircraft
Antennas on SBRDC/ECANS Project Aircraft

Antennas used for the Space-Based Range Demonstration and Certification (SBRDC) project protruded from the top of NASA’s NF-15B testbed during…

F-15B Antenna Radiation Pattern Tests
F-15B Antenna Radiation Pattern Tests

NASA’s highly modified NF-15B research aircraft was hoisted high in the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base for…

F-15B Banks During SBRDC/ECANS Flight
F-15B Banks During SBRDC/ECANS Flight

Two small Range Safety System antennas were located just behind the engine inlets of NASA’s NF-15B research aircraft as it…

F-15B: Range Safety and Range User System Antennas
F-15B: Range Safety and Range User System Antennas

New range safety and range user system antennas for the ECANS project can be seen just behind and to the…

F-15B: Airborne Tests of Improved Space-Based Communications
F-15B: Airborne Tests of Improved Space-Based Communications

NASA’s highly modified NF-15B research aircraft cruised over Southern California’s Tehachapi Mountains near Lake Isabella during a research mission.

SBRDC: State-of-the-Art Space-Based Communication Links
SBRDC: State-of-the-Art Space-Based Communication Links

Range safety and phased-array range user system antennas validated in the ECANS project can be seen just behind the cockpit…