Just like the millions of people across the United States who got to view the Great American Eclipse just a couple of weeks ago, the SAGE III instrument, from its perch on the International Space Station was able to catch a glimpse as well. The instrument completed a sunset occultation measurement during the solar eclipse […]
SAGE III/ISS is assembling its Science Team!
SAGE III/ISS is assembling its Science Team! NASA is looking for about 10 team members that, if selected, would be funded to provide validation, limb scatter algorithm development, assessments of atmospheric composition, studies of clouds and aerosols, analysis of SAGE III/ISS data, contributions to modeling efforts, and multi-sensor data products. The Research Opportunities in Earth […]
A Sneak Peek at SAGE III/ISS Data!
At the end of June, the commissioning of SAGE III/ISS was successfully completed. The project phase came to a close and the science mission officially started July 1. SAGE III continues to operate well on the space station and data product development is moving along. This single profile measurement was made over the western desert […]
SAGE III Team Passes Post-Launch Acceptance Review
On May 25, 2017, the SAGE III/ISS project conducted a successful Post-Launch Acceptance Review (PLAR), the final project lifecycle review. This marks the end of the “project” and the beginning of the science “mission.” Once commissioning is completed, the Science Directorate takes over SAGE III/ISS from Flight Projects Directorate.The mission operations team is continuing its […]
Commissioning continues successfully, new upcoming science event map available!
The Mission Operations team is continuing commissioning of the SAGE III/ISS Instrument Payload (IP) from the Flight Mission Support Center at NASA Langley Research Center. The team is receiving and processing preliminary data. Commissioning is progressing as planned and all systems are functioning well. The team was able to successfully acquire the first lunar events […]
SAGE III Achieves First Light; Checkout upcoming planned measurements!
The SAGE III instrument has been powered on and is collecting preliminary science data from the International Space Station. Prior to “first light”, the team completed activation of the instrument payload. On Wednesday, March 15, the SAGE III mission operations and engineering teams, along with on-site representatives of Thales Alenia Space – Italy (TAS-I) providing key […]
IAM, DMP, CMPs, powered on!
On Friday, March 10, 2017, the very important first step in activation of the SAGE III/ISS payload was completed successfully. At approximately 10:01 EST, 28V Operational Power was applied by the HOSC to the Interface Adapter Module (IAM) and initialization proceeded nominally. From there, the Solid State Memory Card (SSMC) downlink was initiated and performed […]
SAGE III Instrument is installed on the Nadir Viewing Platform!
On Wednesday, March 8 around 6:30 p.m. EST the SAGE III Instrument Payload was successfully installed on the Nadir Viewing Platform at ELC-4 on the outside of the space station. The mission operations team confirmed that electricity was flowing and the survival heaters were on with good temperature readings. The next step is activation which […]
Nadir Viewing Platform Installation Complete!
The Nadir Viewing Platform that will orient our instrument in the correct direction was installed Sunday evening, March 5, in its new home, the ELC-4 platform on the outside of the space station!