The Citizen Explorer mission

Author

Rodier, Dan ; Hansen, Elaine

Author_Institution

Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

533

Abstract

The Citizen Explorer mission is being developed to educate students of all ages about space, science, and technology. This mission is the first in a series of Earth-orbiting satellites designed by and for students to take measurements of the Earth´s environment. Citizen Explorer is a small satellite that will be launched in June 1999 to measure atmospheric ozone and downlink these observations directly into classrooms through a UHF transponder. Citizen Explorer provides hands-on experiences in science and technology for pre-college students and real-world experience for student engineers and scientists

Keywords

artificial satellites; education; remote sensing; CX mission; Citizen Explorer mission; Earth environment measurement; Earth-orbiting satellites; UHF transponder; atmospheric ozone; classroom downlink; education; Atmospheric measurements; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Extraterrestrial measurements; Satellites; Space missions; Space technology; Testing; UHF measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702962

Filename

702962