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SOFIE data show that the season turns on and off like a “geophysical light bulb” going from no clouds to almost 100% in five to ten days.
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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
spacecraft and instruments underwent extensive commissioning
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STS-119 NLC
03.15.09
Space shuttle STS-119 Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center creating a man-made noctilucent cloud. Read comments about the event from Dr. James M. Russell III, AIM's principal investigator.
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06.25.09
The spacecraft has performed well over these past several weeks with the exception of bitlock. The uplink receiver bitlock has been sporadic and we were without bitlock for almost 36 days, followed by another outage of 22 days. On Jun 19 we experienced a few minutes of bitlock and during this time uploaded commands. AIM operated nominally in autonomy mode until Jun 21 when the spacecraft transitioned to operating on stored commands. Also, special command loads were sent to the spacecraft to perform CIPS Noon Flatfields.
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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
of the mission and reported periodically on this website. |
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NEWS & PRESS
06.03.09
New Scientist - UK
Mysterious night-shining clouds may peak this year
06.03.09
Register - London,England,UK
Scientists seek noctilucent cloud enlightenment
02.25.09
A NASA eClips video about Noctilucent Clouds and the AIM mission is posted on YouTube. The clip features interview segments with Dr. James M. Russell, AIM's Principal Investigator. |
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OUTREACH
06.21.09 - 06.28.09
Heliophysics Educator Ambassador Workshop in Anchorage, Alaska
The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador (HEA) program will focus on in-depth learning experiences around Earth, Space, and Physical Science topics for educators teaching in middle and high school grades. The first workshop is June 21-28, 2009.
Climate Change Symposium announces Problem-Based Learning Module winners and finalists. |
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