SNOE ("snowy") was a small scientific satellite that measured the effects of energy from the sun and from the magnetosphere on the density of nitric oxide in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The spacecraft and its instruments were designed and built at LASP, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. SNOE was launched on February 26, 1998, and was operated from the mission operations center at the LASP Space Technology Research building. SNOE re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on Dec. 13, 2003, completing a very successful mission. This site contains a description of the SNOE mission, spacecraft drawings and images, and provides access to the scientific data and publications. An archive of launch activities and development personnel have been retained.
Information provided by http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: SNOE
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: Explorer
Short_Name: SNOE
Long_Name: Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: SNOE
Short_Name: Explorer 72
Short_Name: STEDI-SNOE
Short_Name: Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
Short_Name: UNEX/SNOE
Short_Name: 25233
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: AP
Short_Name: GPS
Short_Name: SXP
Short_Name: UVS
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 580 km
Orbit_Inclination: 97.69999694824219° Degrees
Period: 95.80000305175781 minutes
Perigee: 535.0 km
Apogee: 580.0 km
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2007-08-21
Online_Resource http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/snoe Online_Resource http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/ Online_Resource http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1998-012A Sample_Image http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/images/UVS_New.gif Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1998-02-26
Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
Primary_Sponsor: University of Colorado
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