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    SAGE (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment)

    SAGE III
    Image courtesy The SAGE III Science Team
    A spaceborne instrument that collects data on how changes in the amount of solar radiation falling on Earth’s upper atmosphere affects the concentrations of aerosol and ozone at different levels.

    SAGE I was launched onboard AEM-2 (Applications Explorer Mission 2) in 1979, SAGE II aboard ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Satellite) in 1984, and SAGE III onboard a Russian Meteor-3M satellite on December 10, 2001.


    Launch date Feb. 18, 1979
    Launch vehicle Scout D
    Launch site Wallops Island
    Orbit 456 × 506 km × 55.0°
    Mass 147 kg


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