Launched on August 12, 2003, SCISAT helps a team of Canadian and international scientists improve their understanding of the depletion of the ozone layer, with a special emphasis on the changes occurring over Canada and in the Arctic.
SCISAT focuses its attention in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is located. SCISAT is providing the most accurate measurements to date of chemicals that affect ozone, which blocks the sun's biologically damaging ultraviolet radiation and prevents most of it from reaching the Earth's surface.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/earth/scisat.html
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: SCISAT-1/ACE
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Short_Name: SCISAT-1/ACE
Long_Name: Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: SCISAT
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Type: HEO > Highly Elliptical Orbit
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-28
Online_Resource: http://earth.esa.int/SCISAT-1ACE/
Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/earth/scisat.html
Sample_Image: http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/img/scisat_061213_thum.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2003-08-12
Primary_Sponsor: Canada/CSA
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