A MCoRDS's Underwing Radar Antenna Arrays (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A MCoRDS's Underwing Radar Antenna Arrays

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A MCoRDS's underwing radar antenna arrays mounted beneath the wing of NASA's P-3 aircraft at McMurdo Station's airfield is shown. MCoRDS uses arrays beneath the wings and fuselage of the plane, giving a total of 15 antennas that can send and receive signals used to map polar ice and bedrock.

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NASA/George Hale

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