MASTER INSPYRE 2026

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY INFORMATION

INSPYRE
Dates: August - September, 2026
Location: Western USA / Canada
Principal Investigators: Peterson (NRL) / Lareau (UNR) / Kalashnikova (JPL)
Aircraft: NASA 806 ER-2 (Armstrong Flight Research Center)
Additional Sensors: AirHARP-2/BBR/CPL/CRS/EXRAD/iSTORM/LIP/Mavo Edge/MVIS
Objective: The INjected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment (INSPYRE) Science Team will constrain the role of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) in the earth system and characterize their physical links to extreme wildfire behavior.
Increasing wildfire size and intensity will amplify pyroCb-driven smoke injection into the stratosphere and induce measurable changes to Earth's radiative balance.

Processing Information
Flights Processed: 15
Total Flight Tracks: 239
Total Scanlines: 894,798
Status: Campaign In Progress

Related Web Sites
INSPYRE Home Page
NASA Airborne Science Program

INSPYRE Missions
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15 July 2026 Flight: 26-673-00	16 July 2026 Flight: 26-674-00	27 July 2026 Flight: 26-675-00	29 July 2026 Flight: 26-676-00
01 August 2026 Flight: 26-677-00	07 August 2026 Flight: 26-679-00	08 August 2026 Flight: 26-680-00	11 August 2026 Flight: 26-681-00
12 August 2026 Flight: 26-682-00	17 August 2026 Flight: 26-683-00	20 August 2026 Flight: 26-684-00	22 August 2026 Flight: 26-685-00
25 August 2026 Flight: 26-686-00	26 August 2026 Flight: 26-687-00	28 August 2026 Flight: 26-688-00

Fire Overpasses
Fire	Date	Time (UTC)	Flight: Track
Green Mountain / Box Springs / Shingle (OR)	19:46 - 19:48 (26-675-00: 03) 20:34 - 20:36 (26-675-00: 04)		26-675-00: 03-04
Silvertip (MT)	07/29/2026	21:51	26-676-00: 01
Hagen (OR)	07/29/2026	22:39 - 22:41	26-676-00: 03
Brewer (OR)	22:57 - 22:59 (26-676-00: 04) 23:13 - 23:14 (26-676-00: 05) 23:14 - 23:15 (26-676-00: 06) 23:36 - 23:38 (26-676-00: 07) 23:50 - 23:53 (26-676-00: 08) 00:14 - 00:17 (26-676-00: 09) 00:36 - 00:42 (26-676-00: 10)		26-676-00: 04-10
Bench (OR)	01:01 - 01:02 (26-676-00: 11) 01:12 - 01:13 (26-676-00: 12) 01:34 - 01:35 (26-676-00: 13) 01:45 - 01:46 (26-676-00: 14)		26-676-00: 11-14
Modrite (WA)	16:46 - 16:49 (26-677-00: 04) 16:56 - 16:59 (26-677-00: 05) 17:08 - 17:11 (26-677-00: 06) 17:19 - 17:22 (26-677-00: 07) 17:31 - 17:34 (26-677-00: 08) 17:43 - 17:47 (26-677-00: 09) 17:54 - 17:57 (26-677-00: 10) 18:04 - 18:07 (26-677-00: 11)		26-677-00: 04-11
Big Rock (ID)	08/07/2026	21:29	26-679-00: 01
Caribou County (ID)	08/07/2026	21:38	26-679-00: 02
Rocky Canyon (UT)	08/07/2026	21:54	26-679-00: 03
Black Canyon (UT)	22:11 (26-679-00: 04) 22:23 (26-679-00: 05) 22:33 (26-679-00: 06)		26-679-00: 04-06
Widemouth2 (UT)	22:56 (26-679-00: 07) 23:15 (26-679-00: 08) 23:28 (26-679-00: 09) 23:40 (26-679-00: 10) 23:53 (26-679-00: 11) 00:04 (26-679-00: 12) 00:16 (26-679-00: 13) 00:27 (26-679-00: 14) 00:40 (26-679-00: 15) 00:49 (26-679-00: 16)		26-679-00: 07-16
Sand Creek (MT)	01:54 (26-679-00: 20) 02:07 (26-679-00: 21) 02:18 (26-679-00: 22)		26-679-00: 20-22
Silvertip (MT)	08/08/2026	21:20	26-680-00: 01
Skillet (MT)	08/08/2026	21:32	26-680-00: 02
Pear Lake (BC, CAN)	22:17 - 22:18 (26-680-00: 04) 22:28 - 22:29 (26-680-00: 05) 22:49 - 22:50 (26-680-00: 06) 23:00 - 23:01 (26-680-00: 07) 23:19 - 23:20 (26-680-00: 08) 23:30 - 23:38 (26-680-00: 09) 23:45 - 23:52 (26-680-00: 10) 23:58 - 00:05 (26-680-00: 11) 00:14 - 00:18 (26-680-00: 12) 00:23 - 00:33 (26-680-00: 13) 00:49 - 01:05 (26-680-00: 14) 01:11 - 01:19 (26-680-00: 15) 01:37 - 01:43 (26-680-00: 17) 01:49 - 01:54 (26-680-00: 18)		26-680-00: 04-18
Silvertip (MT)	08/09/2026	02:50	26-680-00: 19
Sand Creek (MT)	20:38 - 20:40 (26-681-00: 01) 20:57 - 20:59 (26-681-00: 02) 21:09 - 21:11 (26-681-00: 03) 21:28 - 21:30 (26-681-00: 04) 21:40 - 21:42 (26-681-00: 05) 21:59 - 22:01 (26-681-00: 06) 22:11 - 22:13 (26-681-00: 07) 22:30 - 22:32 (26-681-00: 08) 22:42 - 22:44 (26-681-00: 09) 23:01 - 23:03 (26-681-00: 10) 23:13 - 23:15 (26-681-00: 11) 23:29 - 23:31 (26-681-00: 12) 23:38 - 23:40 (26-681-00: 13) 23:56 - 23:58 (26-681-00: 14) 00:05 - 00:07 (26-681-00: 15) 00:24 - 00:26 (26-681-00: 16) 00:33 - 00:35 (26-681-00: 17) 00:52 - 00:54 (26-681-00: 18) 01:01 - 01:03 (26-681-00: 19)		26-681-00: 01-19
Sand Creek (MT)	19:48 - 19:50 (26-682-00: 01) 20:09 - 20:11 (26-682-00: 02) 20:19 - 20:21 (26-682-00: 03) 20:39 - 20:41 (26-682-00: 04) 20:49 - 20:51 (26-682-00: 05) 21:09 - 21:11 (26-682-00: 06) 21:18 - 21:20 (26-682-00: 07) 21:39 - 21:41 (26-682-00: 08) 21:48 - 21:50 (26-682-00: 09) 22:08 - 22:10 (26-682-00: 10) 22:18 - 22:20 (26-682-00: 11) 22:38 - 22:40 (26-682-00: 12) 22:48 - 22:50 (26-682-00: 13) 23:08 - 23:10 (26-682-00: 14) 23:18 - 23:19 (26-682-00: 15) 23:39 - 23:40 (26-682-00: 16) 23:48 - 23:49 (26-682-00: 17) 00:08 - 00:09 (26-682-00: 18) 00:17 - 00:19 (26-682-00: 19)		26-682-00: 01-19
Little Giant (WA)	20:55 - 20:57 (26-683-00: 02) 21:08 - 21:10 (26-683-00: 03) 21:27 - 21:29 (26-683-00: 04) 21:40 - 21:42 (26-683-00: 05) 22:08 - 22:10 (26-683-00: 06) 22:21 - 22:23 (26-683-00: 07) 22:37 - 22:39 (26-683-00: 08) 22:46 - 22:49 (26-683-00: 09) 23:03 - 23:05 (26-683-00: 10) 23:11 - 23:14 (26-683-00: 11) 23:28 - 23:30 (26-683-00: 12) 23:36 - 23:39 (26-683-00: 13) 23:53 - 23:55 (26-683-00: 14) 00:01 - 00:04 (26-683-00: 15) 00:18 - 00:20 (26-683-00: 16) 00:26 - 00:29 (26-683-00: 17) 00:44 - 00:45 (26-683-00: 18) 00:51 - 00:54 (26-683-00: 19)		26-683-00: 02-19
Little Giant (WA)	22:31 - 22:34 (26-684-00: 05) 22:43 - 22:46 (26-684-00: 06) 23:03 - 23:06 (26-684-00: 07) 23:16 - 23:19 (26-684-00: 08) 23:37 - 23:40 (26-684-00: 09) 23:49 - 23:52 (26-684-00: 10) 00:10 - 00:12 (26-684-00: 11) 00:22 - 00:25 (26-684-00: 12) 00:43 - 00:46 (26-684-00: 13) 00:55 - 00:58 (26-684-00: 14)		26-684-00: 05-14
Sinlahekin (WA)	08/21/2026	01:09	26-684-00: 15
Sisi / Sinlahekin (WA)	01:25 - 01:32 (26-684-00: 17) 01:39 - 01:46 (26-684-00: 18) 01:56 - 02:03 (26-684-00: 19)		26-684-00: 17-19
Modrite (WA)	08/21/2026	02:12	26-684-00: 20
Moose Mountain (ID)	08/21/2026	02:35	26-684-00: 24
Upper Smith (ID)	08/22/2026	18:38	26-685-00: 02
Little Giant (WA)	19:07 - 19:09 (26-685-00: 04) 19:26 - 19:28 (26-685-00: 05) 19:40 - 19:42 (26-685-00: 06) 19:59 - 20:01 (26-685-00: 07) 20:13 - 20:15 (26-685-00: 08) 20:31 - 20:32 (26-685-00: 09) 20:41 - 20:43 (26-685-00: 10) 20:59 - 21:01 (26-685-00: 11) 21:16 - 21:18 (26-685-00: 12) 21:31 - 21:32 (26-685-00: 13) 21:50 - 21:52 (26-685-00: 14) 22:05 - 22:07 (26-685-00: 15)		26-685-00: 04-15
Colwash (WA)	08/22/2026	22:41 - 22:42	26-685-00: 17
Sand Creek (MT)	08/25/2026	22:13 - 22:14	26-686-00: 01
Camp Creek (MT)	08/25/2026	22:48	26-686-00: 05
Camp Creek (MT)	08/26/2026	20:40	26-687-00: 01
Moose Mountain (ID)	08/26/2026	20:54 - 20:55	26-687-00: 02
Crooked (ID)	21:28 (26-687-00: 08) 21:55 (26-687-00: 09) 22:04 (26-687-00: 10) 22:29 (26-687-00: 11) 22:38 (26-687-00: 12) 23:01 (26-687-00: 13)		26-687-00: 08-13
Black Bear (MT)	08/26/2026	23:30	26-687-00: 14
Dudley (ID)	20:25 (26-688-00: 01) 20:41 (26-688-00: 02) 21:05 (26-688-00: 03)		26-688-00: 01-03
McCully (OR)	21:36 (26-688-00: 06) 22:01 (26-688-00: 07) 22:11 (26-688-00: 08) 22:37 (26-688-00: 09) 22:45 (26-688-00: 10)		26-688-00: 06-10
Middle Silver (ID)	23:20 (26-688-00: 11) 23:41 (26-688-00: 13) 23:49 (26-688-00: 14) 23:57 (26-688-00: 15) 00:05 (26-688-00: 16) 00:17 (26-688-00: 17)		26-688-00: 11-17
Parker Lake (ID)	23:22 (26-688-00: 11) 23:27 (26-688-00: 12) 23:52 (26-688-00: 14) 00:07 (26-688-00: 16) 00:19 (26-688-00: 17) 00:30 (26-688-00: 18) 00:54 (26-688-00: 19) 01:04 (26-688-00: 20)		26-688-00: 11-20

Satellite Underpasses
Satellite	Date	Time (UTC)	Flight: Track
PACE	07/16/2026	20:00	26-674-00: 10
PACE	07/27/2026	19:52	26-675-00: 03
MODIS	08/07/2026	22:07	26-679-00: 04
AQUA	08/08/2026	22:48	26-680-00: 06
PACE	08/17/2026	20:32	26-683-00: 01
NOAA21	08/17/2026	20:37	26-683-00: 01
NOAA21	08/22/2026	20:43	26-685-00: 10
SNPP	08/22/2026	21:19	26-685-00: 12
NOAA20	08/22/2026	21:38	26-685-00: 13
NOAA21	08/28/2026	20:30	26-688-00: 01
SNPP	08/28/2026	21:06	26-688-00: 03

INSPYRE 2026

Sample Imagery
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Flight: 26-681-00 Track: #11 Sand Creek Fire, MT

R: 2.13µm G: 1.61µm B: 0.47µm

Sample Imagery
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Flight: 26-685-00 Track: #04 Colwash Fire, WA

R: 2.13µm G: 1.61µm B: 0.47µm

Sample Imagery
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Flight: 26-679-00 Track: #12 Widemouth2 Fire, UT

R: 2.13µm G: 1.61µm B: 0.47µm