Objectives and Applications
SNOE was a small satellite student project of the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, CO with the objective to measure the altitudinal density variation of nitric oxide in the atmosphere.
Full Name
Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CU Boulder
Launch Date
26 Feb 1998
Mission Links
EOL Date
13 Dec 2003
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
97.75 deg
Orbit Altitude
553 km
Orbit Longitude
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