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Gill, E.K.A. (author), Maessen, D. (author), Laan, E. (author), Zheng, G.T. (author)Large current uncertainties in the characteristics of aerosols in the Earth’s atmosphere preclude meaningful climate model evaluation. The FAST mission will contribute to the characterization of aerosols and their relation to climate change through a synoptic evaluation of local, regional and global aerosol data and altitude profiles of the...conference paper 2008
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Maessen, D.C. (author), Guo, J. (author), Gill, E. (author), Gunter, B. (author), Chu, Q.P. (author), Bakker, G. (author), Laan, E. (author), Moon, S. (author), Kruijff, M. (author), Zheng, G.T. (author)The paper presents the latest results in the design of FAST-D, the Dutch micro-satellite for the Dutch–Chinese FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) formation flying mission. Over the course of the 2.5 year mission, the two satellites, FAST-D and FAST-T, will demonstrate various new technologies and perform...conference paper 2009
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Guo, J. (author), Maessen, D.C. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author), Moon, S.G. (author), Zheng, G. (author)FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) is a cooperative Dutch Chinese formation flying mission led by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands and Tsinghua University in China. It is expected to be the first international micro-satellite formation flying mission to achieve objectives in three...conference paper 2009
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Maessen, D.C. (author), Guo, J. (author), Gill, E. (author), Laan, E. (author), Moon, S. (author), Zheng, G.T. (author)The paper treats the mission design for the Dutch-Chinese FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) mission. The space segment of the 2.5 year mission consists out of two formation flying micro-satellites. During the mission, new technologies will be demonstrated and, using spectropolarimeter and altimeter payloads on...conference paper 2009