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Archive for February 14th, 2018

Microsat Systems Canada selects MDA to provide MSAR Payload

February 14th, 2018 by

Microsat Systems Canada Inc (“MSCI”) announced that they have selected MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, to provide the payload for a MSCI’s microsatellite based Synthetic Aperture Radar.

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NASA ends use of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)

February 14th, 2018 by

On 31 January NASA ended the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer’s (TES) almost 14-year operation. Launched in 2004 on NASA’s Aura spacecraft, TES was the first instrument designed to monitor ozone in the lowest layers of the atmosphere directly from space. Its high-resolution observations led to new measurements of atmospheric gases that have altered our understanding of the Earth system.

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