From ruth.neilan at jpl.nasa.gov Sat Apr 15 07:57:21 2006 From: ruth.neilan at jpl.nasa.gov (Ruth E. Neilan) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:57:21 -0700 Subject: [IGSMAIL-5341]: Congratulation to the COSMIC Team - Successful Launch! Message-ID: ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 15 Apr 07:57:38 PDT 2006 Message Number 5341 ****************************************************************************** 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 cc: IGS Mail, GGOS Mail -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IGS Central Bureau International GNSS Service - Formerly International GPS Service Jet Propulsion Laboratory tel: 818-354-8330, fax: 818-393-6686, mobile: 626-975-1136 http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^