AIM

 2007-015A

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Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere. Studies relation between high altitude ice clouds (Polar Mesospheric Clouds) and global greenhouse gases.

SMEX-9 mission, PI is J. Russell of Hampton University, Hampton, VA, with satellite management by University of Colorado/LASP.

Satellite is an OSC Leostar-2, mass 192 kg.

AIM
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Apr 25	1928	L-1011 T/O VAFB
	2026:03	Launch by Pegasus XL	VAFB
		T+0:05 Stage 1 burn
		T+1:32 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:07 Fairing sep
	2033	T+7:04 Stage 3 burn
	2034	T+8:17 Stage 3 burnout
	2036:23	T+10:11 Stage 3 sep
2007 May 7			96.54 585 x 600 x 97.8

Payload:

• SOFIE Solar Occultation for Ice (USU-SDL)

• CIPS Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CU-LASP)