BackForward Satellite: AEM-2 (SAGE) 

Satellite details
Acronym AEM-2 (SAGE)
Full name Applications Explorer Mission-2
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Main mission atmospheric chemistry
  • Significant contribution climate research
  • Stratospheric chemistry related to aerosol, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide. Provision of almost global profiles by solar occultation techniques.
Mass at launch 147 kg Dry mass
Power
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Data access information
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 600 km
Inclination 55 °

 

Space agency NASA
Status Inactive
Details on Status
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Launch 18 Feb 1979 EOL 19 Nov 1981
Last update: 2026-04-27
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Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on AEM-2 (SAGE)

Acronym Full name
SAGE-I Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment - I
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