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The image here compares the albedo from the new method to the v3.20 (currently operational) albedo for orbit 3660 in December, 2007.
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This SOFIE figure compares time versus height cross sections of ice abundance. The good agreement between SOFIE data and the model suggests that on average PMCs exist in equilibrium with the surrounding environment. Read More Detail >
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| ORBIT
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DETAILS
days
since AIM launched.
Launch Date: 25 April 2007
Location: Vandenberg AFB, California, USA
Launch Vehicle:
Pegasus
Orbit: Sun-synchronus
Inclination: 97.8 degrees
Period: 96 min, 32 sec
After initial spacecraft stabilization, the
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011.13.09
All subsystems on the AIM spacecraft continue to function as expected except, of course, for the usual lack of bitlock. We broke the record for longest period of bitlock outage by one day. The previous record number of days without bitlock was 36, but the new record is now 37 days. But since then we’ve been able to perform all of our desired command operations for October and November, including loading the CIPS Northern Hemisphere Flat Field imaging for October 14-17, a Southern Hemisphere Flat Field imaging set for November 25-28, and a special calibration sequence for SOFIE to run Nov 25-28.
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INSTRUMENTS
Final Mass, Power, & Data Rates for SOFIE, CIPS, CDE, BUS, and their totals. |
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THE MISSION
The Aeronomy
of Ice
in the Mesosphere
(AIM) satellite mission is exploring Polar Mesospheric Clouds
(PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they
form and why they are changing.
The AIM mission
has been extended by NASA through the end of FY12. During this time the
instruments will monitor noctilucent clouds to better understand
their variability and possible connection to climate change.
Individual instrument data collection status, as well as spacecraft
and instrument health, will be monitored throughout the life
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NEWS & PRESS
08.04.09
Hays Daily News - Hays,KS,USA
Adams presents in Alaska
07.16.09
Wired.com
Mysterious, Glowing Clouds Appear Across America’s Night Skies
07.11.09
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
Noctilucent Cloud Storm Panarama by P-M Hedén |
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OUTREACH
06.21.09 - 06.28.09
The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador Workshop was held in Anchorage, Alaska
The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador (HEA) program focused on in-depth learning experiences around Earth, Space, and Physical Science topics for educators teaching in middle and high school grades. The first workshop was held June 21-28, 2009. AIM collaborates in the HEA program with other NASA satellite missions. |
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@ NASA
NASA's
AIM website
Article:
The Science of AIM |
STS-119 NLC
03.15.09
Space shuttle STS-119 Discovery launched creating a man-made noctilucent cloud. View time-lapse photos taken from Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex and read comments from Dr. James M. Russell III, AIM's principal investigator.
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