SOLAR - SAGE III Outreach
STUDENTS ON-LINE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Missions
The first of three planned SAGE III flights is scheduled for June 2000, on a Russian spacecraft. This flight will extend the potential lifetime of the SAGE measurements, and provide important complementary data to that currently being obtained by SAGE II, which has been operational since October 1984. Two additional SAGE III flights are planned for early in the next century, one of which will be on the International Space Station as seen in this picture, and one on a spacecraft to be determined at a later date. Since the flight of the first SAGE instrument in 1979, the SAGE Program has made significant contributions towards advancing our understanding of Earth's atmosphere. NASA's plans for flights of SAGE III instruments suggest that the program will continue to help shape our views on the atmosphere well into the next century. New findings and new ways of thinking may influence our educational processes.
[Introduction]
[Solar Occultation]
[SAGE Data]
[SAGE III*]
[SAGE II*]
[SAGE I*]
[Aerosols]
[AtSC*]
[SOLAR]
[Site Index]
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Responsible NASA Official: David C. Woods
SAGE III Mission at NASA Langley Research Center
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