The M-55 Geophysica as a platform for the airborne polar experiment.

• Main Authors: Stefanutti, L., Sokolov, L., Mackenzie, A. Robert, Balestri, S., Khattatov, V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Rovaniemi; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/21759/; https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1303:TMGAAP>2.0.CO;2

The authors describe the Russian Stratospheric Aircraft M-55 Geophysica, an important new platform for earth observation, and describe some technical details of its inaugural mission. The M-55 has successfully conducted scientific test flights in Pratica di Mare, Rome, in November 1996, and the firs...