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Small Mission Programmes
NASA SMEX
- The NASA Small Explorer missions
SWAS
TRACE
FAST
WIRE
[SMEX at NASA]
CNES
missions
- CNES has proposed to fly two microsatellite missions per year on the ARIANE-5 ASAP. The
following potential missions have been identified, to be cost capped at FF50m (1998,
US$8.3m) including launch and operations.
DEMETER
- to detect warning seismic tremors or volcanic activity.
ORAGES
research into climatic phenomena within the tropical zone.
COALA is
to measure chemical components of the atmosphere and their evolution (for example holes in
the ozone layer)
DORIS
will contribute to the precise positioning of beacons stationed on Earth, to follow the
evolution of the average level of the oceans and the changes in distance from the Earth's
crust.
PICARD
to study the Sun and the influence of its increase in activity on the warming of the
Earth's atmosphere
RHEA
will study the evolution of vegetation throughout the year.
SAPHIR
research into climatic phenomena within the tropical zone.
mu-SCOPE
will focus on the verification of the principle of equivalence between mass weight and
inert mass, on which the theory of relativity rests
References
[1] CNES Informations, 9/1/98.
CSA
- Canadian Space Agency's Small
Payloads Program. The programme aims to launch a microsatellite every 3 years. Mission
in space astronomy, solar-terrestrial physics and atmospheric studies are supported
MOST Microvariability and Oscillations of STars.
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