SORCE (SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment) is an American (NASA) Sun-Earth Connection satellite that was launched at 20:13 UT by a Pegasus XL rocket released from a L-1011 cargo aircraft flying out of Cape Canaveral. It is to measure solar irradiance in a number of wavelength-bands through three spectrometers and a photometer.
The URL
http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/
provides much detailed descriptions of the experiments and data availability. The PI is Gary J. Rottman of LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, with many co-investigators. The Program Manager is Tom Sparn of LASP.
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SORCE (SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment) is an American (NASA) Sun-Earth Connection satellite that was launched at 20:13 UT by a Pegasus XL rocket released from a L-1011 cargo aircraft flying out of Cape Canaveral. It is to measure solar irradiance in a number of wavelength-bands through three spectrometers and a photometer.
The URL
http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/
provides much detailed descriptions of the experiments and data availability. The PI is Gary J. Rottman of LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, with many co-investigators. The Program Manager is Tom Sparn of LASP.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Gary.J.Rottman | |||
| 2. | GeneralContact | spase://SMWG/Person/UNKNOWN |
Information about the SORCE mission
The HelioData mission page provides an overview of the mission and more, such as all SPASE dataset records associated with it.