Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1902: ANDE2 End of Mission From: Andrew Nicholas/NRL > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2010-08-22 11:43:00 UTC Message No. 1902 ******************************************************************************** Author: Andrew Nicholas/NRL Subject: ANDE2 End of Mission While the re-entry of the ANDE-2 Castor, last radar contact was 8/18 at = 13:54 by the Cobra Dane site, spacecraft marks the end of the = collection of observations on the spacecraft, the ANDE mission data = analysis continues to utilize the SLR measurements collected over the = past 13 months. We have established an excellent quiet time baseline = during the solar minimum and have uncovered some very interesting = aspects of the climatology models during this period. We will continue = to use these measuments with instrumentation on the International Space = Station (RAIDS) and recent instruments (SSULI/SSUSI) on the latest US = weather satellites. We recognize that the ANDE spacecraft were very = difficult targets and truely appreciate the efforts that the station = crews have provided. Thank you all for your tremendous support. =20 Thanks, -Andy Andrew Nicholas Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division Code 7669 4555 Overlook Ave Washington, DC 20375 andrew.nicholas@nrl.navy.mil (202) 767-2441 voice (202) 767-9388 fax --Apple-Mail-1--931523412 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=”us-ascii”
Author: Andrew = Nicholas/NRL

While the = re-entry of the ANDE-2 Castor, last radar contact was 8/18 at 13:54 by = the Cobra Dane site,  spacecraft marks the end of the collection of = observations on the spacecraft, the ANDE mission data analysis continues = to utilize the SLR measurements collected over the past 13 = months. We have established an excellent quiet time baseline during the solar = minimum and have uncovered some very interesting aspects of the = climatology models during this period. We will continue to use these = measuments with instrumentation on the International Space Station = (RAIDS) and recent instruments (SSULI/SSUSI) on the latest US = weather satellites.  We = recognize that the ANDE spacecraft were very difficult targets and = truely appreciate the efforts that the station crews have = provided. Thank you all for your tremendous = support.
 
Thanks,
-Andy




Andrew Nicholas
Naval Research = Laboratory
Space Science Division
Code = 7669
4555 Overlook Ave
Washington, DC = 20375
andrew.nicholas@nrl.navy.mil<= /a>
(202) 767-2441 voice
(202) 767-9388 = fax


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