UARS Satellite Mission Summary

UARS Mission

IdentifieruarsNamesUpper Atmosphere Research SatelliteUARS About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

Atmospheric chemistry (middle to upper atmosphere), atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles. HALOE, HRDI, MLS, PEM instruments still functioning. End date TBD.

Mission Summary

Full Name

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NASA

Launch Date

12 Sep 1991

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

14 Dec 2005

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

95.9 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

57 deg

Orbit Altitude

585 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

21701

International Designator

1991-063B

Mission Instruments

ACRIM II - Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor uars_acrim-ii

CLAES - Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer instrument uars_claes

HALOE - Halogen Occultation Experiment uars_haloe

HRDI - High Resolution Doppler Imager uars_hrdi

ISAMS - Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder instrument uars_isams

MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder (UARS) uars_mls

PEM - Particle Environment Monitor uars_pem

SOLSTICE - SOLar STellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment uars_solstice

SUSIM (UARS) - Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor uars_susim-uars

WINDII - WINDII uars_windii

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	HALOE, MLS
	Atmospheric Winds	HRDI
	Ozone	HALOE, MLS
	Radiation budget	PEM, SOLSTICE, SUSIM (UARS)
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	HALOE, HRDI, MLS
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	HALOE, HRDI, MLS, WINDII