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: 6
Total Flight Tracks: 79
Total Scanlines: 307,150
Status: Campaign In Progress

Related Web Sites
INSPYRE Home Page
NASA Airborne Science Program

INSPYRE Missions
Click on a Track Map to view a particular mission
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

Fire Overpasses
Fire	Date	Time (UTC)	Flight: Track
Green Mountain / Box Springs / Shingle Fires	07/27/2026	19:46 - 19:48	26-675-00: 03
Green Mountain / Box Springs / Shingle Fires	07/27/2026	20:34 - 20:36	26-675-00: 04
Silvertip Fire	07/29/2026	21:51	26-676-00: 01
Hagen Fire	07/29/2026	22:39 - 22:41	26-676-00: 03
Brewer Fire	07/29/2026	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
	07/30/2026	00:14 - 00:17	26-676-00: 09
	07/30/2026	00:36 - 00:42	26-676-00: 10
Bench Fire	07/30/2026	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
Modrite Fire	08/01/2026	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
Big Rock Fire	08/07/2026	21:29	26-679-00: 01
Caribou County Fire	08/07/2026	21:38	26-679-00: 02
Rocky Canyon Fire	08/07/2026	21:54	26-679-00: 03
Black Canyon Fire	08/07/2026	22:11	26-679-00: 04
		22:23	26-679-00: 05
		22:33	26-679-00: 06
Widemouth2 Fire	08/07/2026	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
	08/08/2026	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
Sand Creek Fire	08/08/2026	01:54	26-679-00: 20
		02:07	26-679-00: 21
		02:18	26-679-00: 22

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

INSPYRE 2026

Sample Imagery
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Flight: 26-675-00 Green Mountain / Box Springs / Shingle Fires (Northern Oregon)

R: 2.13µm G: 1.61µm B: 0.47µm