VESSS first APA paper (mission)

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Module 1 APA Mission Paper

Module 1 APA Mission Paper

Your goal is to identify and describe a mission (past, present, or future) that has studied one of the four Spheres of the Earth (Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, or Atmosphere).

Research the following key characteristics of your chosen mission : This is what you will discuss in your paper.

• Mission Subject: air, water, land, etc; including which sphere is the focus of the mission (Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, or Lithosphere)

• Mission Objective: What is the science objective?

• Mission Type: Spaceborne Satellite, Ground-Based Earth observation, weather balloons, ground-based equipment, airborne/aircraft measurements

• Mission Users- Who will benefit?

• Mission Duration- How long is the mission designed to collect data? How long did it take to get the mission launched? What is the timeline of the mission?

• Mission Elements- Payload and Bus

• Orbits/Altitudes- There are three main orbital types: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO), High-Earth Orbit (HEO). What determined the orbit and altitude of the mission?

• Mission Constraints- What are the limiting factors of the mission? Time? Cost? Schedule? Why>

https://science.nasa.gov/missions-page?field_division_tid=103&field_phase_tid=All

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