NSSDCA ID: SSBUV06
The sixth Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV06) payload was co-manifested with the ATLAS-3 payload. The SSBUV was physically separated from the ATLAS-3 payload and consisted of two Get Away Special (GAS) canisters mounted on one standard GAS adapter beam assembly with an interconnecting cable to provide communication and power between the two canisters. The canister containing the SSBUV instrument was equipped with a motorized door assembly. The adjacent support canister contained data, command and avionics systems. The light sources, quartz-halogen, deuterium, and mercury lamps, and a diffuser plate assembly were all contained in the instrument canister. SSBUV commands were sent directly from the Johnson Payload Operations Control Center (POCC) in Houston, TX. The payload is managed by NASA GSFC. The SSBUV was flown on three previous shuttle flights in addition to two ATLAS flights. The SSBUV program was based on Public Law 95-95 (an amendment to the Clean Air Act) and the National Plan of Ozone Monitoring and early detection of Stratospheric Change for providing calibration data to account for ozone trends and drifts in instruments on NOAA operational weather satellites. The SSBUV is expected to be co-manifested with subsequent ATLAS Shuttle flights.
Launch Date: 1994-11-03
Launch Vehicle:
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 1615.9 kg
Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. Ernest Hilsenrath | Mission Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | hilsen@ssbuv.gsfc.nasa.gov |