Objectives and Applications
1-year design life, 3-year Phase E goal. Refurbishment of the SAGE-III instrument and of a hexapod pointing platform, and accommodation studies. This mission flies on the ISS. Objective is to monitor the vertical distribution of aerosols, ozone, and other trace gases in the Earth’s stratosphere and troposphere to enhance our understanding of ozone recovery and climate change processes in the upper atmosphere. Extended mission to 2026 awarded in 2020.
Full Name
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE)-III/International Space Station (ISS)
aka SAGE-III/ISS
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 Feb 2017
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2026
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
90 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
51 deg
Orbit Altitude
405 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
SAGE-III - Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
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