[IGSMAIL-5341]: Congratulation to the COSMIC Team - Successful Launch!

[Ruth E. Neilan]

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IGS Electronic Mail      15 Apr 07:57:38 PDT 2006      Message Number 5341
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Author: Ruth Neilan

Dear colleagues -

The COSMIC constellation of six satellites launched successfully 
yesterday from Vandenberg Airforce base in California. 
Congratulations to the entire COSMIC team and special regards to Bill 
Kuo, a new IGS Governing Board member and the Director of the COSMIC 
Program Office at UCAR.  Here are a few links to keep you informed of 
this exciting mission:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060414_cosmic_mino_launch.html

http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/

http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml


COSMIC AT-A-GLANCE (taken from the COSMIC home page)
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Name: COSMIC - Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, 
Ionosphere & Climate
FORMOSAT-3 - Taiwan's Formosa Satellite Mission #3

What:   GPS/MET research - meteorological data collection, using the 
Global Positioning System

Purpose:  To gain inexpensive vertical profiles of temperature and 
moisture across the globe with high spatial and temporal resolution

How:  By intercepting GPS signals with a satellite-based receiver and 
inferring the deviations in each signal's straight-line path caused 
by temperature and moisture gradients


All the best  - Ruth

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