aug 12, 2003 - SCISAT

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SCISAT is a Candian satellite launched August 12th, 2003. It’s tiny, only 150kg, and it circles the Earth about 15 times a day. It's designed to monitor the ozone layer and how it’s depleting. Armed with a Fourier-transform spectrometer and MAESTRO (Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation), SCISAT is the most accurate ozone-tracking satellite to date.

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ByRachel McNall

4 Mar 2020

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aug 12, 2003

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~ 22 years ago

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