Apollo-Soyuz Test Project launches with SAM Experiment
July 15, 1975
Before there was SAGE, there was the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement experiment, or SAM. SAM I was flown on an Apollo spacecraft during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975. Read…
Read moreSAM II Launches On-board Nimbus-7
October 24, 1978
Following the success of the SAM experiment on-board the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, SAM II was selected to fly aboard the Nimbus-7 platform, launched in October 1978. Read more…
Read moreThe Applications Explorer Mission-B (AEM-B) launches with SAGE I
February 18, 1979
The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I (SAGE I) was launched February 18, 1979, aboard the Applications Explorer Mission-B (AEM-B) satellite. SAGE I was a sun photometer that used solar…
Read moreSAGE II Launches aboard the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
October 5, 1984
SAGE II was launched aboard the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) in October 1984. During each sunrise and sunset encountered by the orbiting spacecraft, the instrument used the solar occultation…
Read moreSAGE III Launches from Kazakhstan aboard Метеор-3М spacecraft
December 10, 2001
SAGE III successfully launched onboard a Russian Метеор-3М spacecraft on December 10, 2001, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan. The satellite flew a sun-synchronous orbit with an ascending node time…
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