Solar Mesosphere Explorer
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Solar Mesosphere Explorer
Solar Mesosphere Explorer. Image Credit: NASA/JPL
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Mission Summary
The Solar Mesosphere Explorer was an Earth-orbiting spacecraft designed to investigate the processes that create and destroy the ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere, or mesosphere.
It returned data until April 4, 1989 and reentered Earth's atmosphere nearly a year later.
Scientific Instrument(s)
- Infrared radiometer
- Visible nitrogen dioxide
- Solar ultraviolet monitor
- Solar proton alarm detector
