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NASA Centurion
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The NASA Centurion was the third aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment, Inc. developed the vehicles under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program. They were built to develop the technologies that would allow long-term, high-altitude aircraft to serve as atmospheric satellites, to perform atmospheric research tasks as well as serve as communications platforms.[1] It was developed from the NASA Pathfinder Plus aircraft and was developed into the NASA Helios.
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Centurion takes off from Dryden in December, 1998 | |
Role | Remote controlled UAV |
Manufacturer | AeroVironment |
First flight | November 10, 1998 |
Primary user | NASA ERAST Program |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | NASA Pathfinder |
Developed into | NASA Helios |
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