Objectives and Applications
Investigates the influences of the sun and humans on the least explored and understood region of the Earth's atmosphere - the mesosphere and lower thermosphere/ionosphere (MLTI).
Full Name
Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics mission
Mission Status
N/A
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
07 Dec 2001
Mission Links
EOL Date
07 Dec 2010
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
74.1 deg
Orbit Altitude
625 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
SABER - Sounding of the Atmosphere usingBroadband Emission Radiometry |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | SABER |
| Ozone | SABER |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | SABER |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | SABER |