Objectives and Applications
The primary science objective is to assess the performance and to acquire global profiles of hydroxyl (OH) in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere by measuring its resonance fluorescence in the UV range.
Full Name
Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NRL
Launch Date
07 Oct 2002
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EOL Date
18 Oct 2002
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