ATLAS-2

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ATLAS-2 was a Space Shuttle-based NASA mission carrying a suite of instruments to study Earth's atmosphere, solar radiation, and their interactions in support of climate and environmental research.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
ATLAS-2 canonical 4
ATLAS-2 ATMOS 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atmospheric science mission ⓘ
NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
apogee ~296 km ⓘ
callsign Atlantis STS-56 ⓘ
carriedInstrument ACRIM II ⓘ
linked to: ACRIM

ATLAS-2 ATMOS ⓘ
linked to: ATLAS-2

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor II ⓘ
Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy experiment ⓘ
ERBE instruments ⓘ
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment instruments ⓘ
MAHRSI ⓘ
MAS ⓘ
Measurement of the Solar Constant instrument ⓘ
Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrograph Investigation ⓘ
Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder ⓘ
SOLACES ⓘ
SOLCON ⓘ
SSM ⓘ
SUSIM ⓘ
Solar Constant and Aerosol Measurement instrument ⓘ
Solar Spectrum Measurement instrument ⓘ
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
focusArea Earth radiation budget ⓘ
ozone chemistry ⓘ
solar irradiance ⓘ
trace gases in the atmosphere ⓘ
upper atmosphere composition ⓘ
followedBy ATLAS-3 ⓘ
inclination 57.0 degrees ⓘ
landingDate 1993-04-17 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1993-04-08 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
missionCommander Kenneth D. Cameron ⓘ
missionDuration 6 hours ⓘ
8 minutes ⓘ
9 days ⓘ
missionNumberInProgram second ATLAS mission ⓘ
missionPilot Stephen S. Oswald ⓘ
missionSpecialist Ellen Ochoa ⓘ
Kenneth D. Cockrell ⓘ
Michael Foale ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitType Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
payloadType Spacelab pallet payload ⓘ
perigee ~292 km ⓘ
precededBy ATLAS-1 ⓘ
primaryObjective investigate Sun–Earth interactions ⓘ
measure solar radiation ⓘ
study Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
support climate research ⓘ
support environmental research ⓘ
program ATLAS program ⓘ
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
spacecraft STS-56 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
supportsResearch climate change studies ⓘ
long-term solar variability studies ⓘ
ozone layer monitoring ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ATLAS-1 → followedBy → ATLAS-2 ⓘ
ATLAS missions → mission → ATLAS-2 ⓘ
ATLAS-2 → carriedInstrument → ATLAS-2 ATMOS ⓘ
linked to: ATLAS-2
STS-56 → primaryPayload → ATLAS-2 ⓘ