BackForward Satellite: STRIVE 

Satellite details
Acronym STRIVE
Full name Stratosphere Troposphere Response using Infrared Vertically-resolved light Explorer
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Single satellite with 3 years lifetime
  • Main missionĀ understanding of stratosphere-troposphere interactions
  • Visible and IR limb view observations of the upper troposphere and stratosphere
  • Stratospheric chemistry and aerosol observations
  • More details here
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Data access information
  • ALICE data processing and distribution are handled by an established National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) facility, which processed the heritage HIRDLS data and currently supports MOPITT. ARGOS data processing is provided by QS, leveraging GSFC OMPS-LP data processing heritage.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude

 

Space agency NASA
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2030 EOL ≥2033
Last update: 2026-02-16
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on STRIVE

Acronym Full name
ALICE Advanced Limb Infrared Chemistry Experiment
ARGOS Aerosol Radiometer for Global Observations of the Stratosphere
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