Orbital super-sensor to observe space weather | R&D Mag

By Air Force Weather Sat Team, Posted 11/04/09

Link: http://abrd-media.com/portal/wts/cgmc7ibOgkaq7z2LkwDRicnz-0-AcNPGZMBl95luQ2Ce...

"Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space. "