ALTIUS

ALTIUS

ALTIUS

Satellite

ALTIUS (Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere) is a satellite mission proposed by the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy and currently under development by the European Space Agency.[3][4][5] Its main objective is to monitor the distribution and evolution of stratospheric ozone in the Earth's atmosphere. The industrial consortium is led by QinetiQ Space, acting as mission prime.[6][4] The satellite design is based on the PROBA small satellite bus.[3] The payload, developed by OIP Sensor Systems, is an innovative UV, visible and NIR instrument.[7]

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The mission is scheduled for launch in 2025 from the Guiana Space Centre.[2]

See also

  • "ALTIUS". esa.int. European Space Agency. 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • "ALTIUS". altius.oma.be. Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • "ALTIUS va analyser la partie haute de l'atmosphère". www.esa.int (in French). European Space Agency. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • "ALTIUS gaat hogere aardatmosfeer bestuderen". www.esa.int (in Flemish). European Space Agency. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • "ALTIUS". www.oip.be. OIP Sensor Systems. 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • "ALTIUS". Belgian Platform on Earth Observation. BelSPo. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

References

  1. [1]
    "Altius". ESA. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Arianespace to launch with Vega C FLEX & ALTIUS, two ESA programmes at the service of environment". Arianespace (Press release). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Fussen, Didier; Dekemper, Emmanuel; Errera, Quentin; Franssens, Ghislain; Mateshvili, Nina; Pieroux, Didier; Vanhellemont, Filip (3 August 2016). "The ALTIUS Mission". Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions: 1–40. doi:10.5194/amt-2016-213.
  4. [4]
    "First ALTIUS Symposium". Space Pole Events. Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. 2017-05-02. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Earth Observation Programmes". ESA Ministerial Council 2016. European Space Agency. 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018. ALTIUS: Develop and operate a small mission dedicated to the operational monitoring of stratospheric ozone profiles.
  6. [6]
    Henry, Caleb (27 January 2020). "QinetiQ to build ozone-monitoring satellite for European Space Agency". SpaceNews. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. [7]
    "ALTIUS". OIP Sensor Systems. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 11 June 2018.


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