Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment - History

History

There has been 3 series of SAGE instruments.

  • SAGE I - Flew on the Explorer 60 satellite
  • SAGE II - Flew on the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
  • SAGE III - Flew on a Meteor-3M satellite

A fourth instrument, SAGE III-ISS, is due to be installed on the International Space Station in 2014.

Read more about this topic:  Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment

Famous quotes containing the word history:

    “The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.”
    —Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

    “The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.”
    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    “Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)