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- NASA's AIM spacecraft began its two-year mission April 25, 2007 after a flawless ride to Earth orbit aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. Launch took place at 1:26 PDT. Launch operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ran smoothly, with no technical or weather issues causing concern. The AIM mission is the first dedicated to exploring mysterious ice clouds that dot the edge of space in Earth's polar regions. These clouds have grown brighter and more prevalent in recent years and some scientists suggest that changes in these clouds may be the result of climate change.
[Source: NASA AIM Mission Home Page http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim/index.html ]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: AIM Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: NASA Small Explorers (SMEX) Short_Name: AIM Long_Name: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SOFIE Short_Name: CIPS-AIM Short_Name: CDE End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 600km Orbit_Inclination: 97.4° inclination Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-05-01 Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim/index.html Online_Resource: http://aim.hamptonu.edu/ Online_Resource: http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/148220main_aim_banner.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2007-04-25 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Design_Life: 26 months Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group
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