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UARS
UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) was a NASA satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-48 mission in September 1991 into a 57-degree inclination low Earth orbit. It carried ten instruments to measure trace gases, winds, and energy input throughout the stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere. UARS provided key data confirming the role of human-made chlorofluor...
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TRMM
Launched in 1997, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission was a joint American and Japanese effort to study tropical and subtropical precipitation. NASA worked with Japan's space agency, then known as NASDA and later incorporated into JAXA. TRMM carried several instruments, including the first spaceborne precipitation radar, which could examine the vertical structure of rainfall rather than record...
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