Objectives and Applications
to measure vertical profiles of ozone in the stratosphere and in the lower mesosphere in the spectral range from 200 to 405 nm. The objective is to fly the SSBUV payload on numerous Shuttle missions to provide complementary calibration data for long-term satellite ozone data sets.
Full Name
Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectromete
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 Oct 1989
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EOL Date
20 Jan 1996
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