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NOTE TO EDITORS:
Joint NASA Langley-Russian research satellite project close
to launch --
Russian VIP to visit for mission review
A NASA remote-sensing satellite instrument that will monitor the
atmospheric health of the Earth’s upper atmosphere will be
launched in early December on a Russian spacecraft from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan.
Developed and managed by NASA Langley Research Center , the Stratospheric
Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) is a remote sensing
instrument that will fly aboard the Russian Meteor-3M spacecraft on
a Ukraine-built Zenit-2 Rocket. SAGE III is expected to make
precise measurements of the ozone, aerosols, water vapors and other
gases so researchers can better understand how and why the climate
is changing.
Leonid Alexeevich Makridenko, head of the Space Systems for
Remote Sensing of the
Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RASA), will visit NASA
Langley for the SAGE III mission readiness review.
Media are invited to a news conference to meet Mr. Makridenko
and members of the SAGE III Project team on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at
11 a.m., in the research labs of NASA Langley’s Atmospheric
Sciences Competency. There will be a photo opportunity of a SAGE
III instrument that will fly in a different mission aboard the
International Space Station in 2005. Members of the media who wish
to attend should contact Chris Rink (757) 864-6786 to arrange for
credentials and an escort on center.
The SAGE III/Meteor-3M is a joint partnership between NASA and
RASA. The SAGE III instrument is part of NASA's Earth Science
Enterprise, a long-term research effort being conducted to
determine how human-induced and natural changes affect our global
environment.
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