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Satellite:
UARS
Satellite details
Acronym
UARS
Full name
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the UARS programme.
Main mission: chemistry of the upper atmosphere.
Substantial contribution to solar irradiance monitoring and to the dynamics of the upper atmosphere.
Significant contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch
6800 kg
Dry mass
6450 kg
Power
1600 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit
Drifting orbit
Altitude
570 km
Inclination
57
°
Space agency
NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
12 Sep 1991
EOL
14 Dec 2005
Last update:
2015-07-29
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
UARS
Acronym
Full name
ACRIM-II
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitoring - II
CLAES
Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
HALOE
Halogen Occultation Experiment
HRDI
High-Resolution Doppler Imager
ISAMS
Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
MLS
Microwave Limb Sounder
PEM/VMAG
Particle Environment Monitor - Vector Magnetometer
SOLSTICE
Solar/Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
SUSIM
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
WINDII
Wind Doppler Imaging Interferometer
PEM/AXIS
Particle Environment Monitor / Atmospheric X-ray Imaging Spectrometer
PEM/EPS
Particle Environment Monitor / Energetic Particle Spectrometer
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
UARS
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed