One of the satellites to be launched during the GeoXO series is the Atmospheric Composition instrument, or ACX, which is able to provide critical information about Earth’s atmosphere.

Unlike previous generations of geostationary weather satellites, the GeoXO constellation also includes ocean-color and atmospheric-composition instruments. Credit: NOAA SAN FRANCISCO – BAE ...

The GeoXO Atmospheric Composition instrument is a hyperspectral spectrometer that will take hourly observations of air pollutants on Earth and provide data to improve air quality forecasting and ...

The probe could sniff this out through measurements of atmospheric temperatures, winds and composition ... strength of the atmospheric pressure. The instrument will measure Venusian winds with ...

pressure and winds and will provide the primary altitude reference for the descent sphere’s atmospheric composition instruments during the plunge into Venus’ searing, crushing atmosphere.

It means that the defense contractor has now been selected to deliver all three hyperspectral instruments for the mission - adding to prior awards for the GeoXO Sounder (GXS), and the Atmospheric ...

With the selection, BAE Systems is now contracted to build all three hyperspectral instruments for the mission, including OCX, the GeoXO Sounder (GXS), and the Atmospheric Composition Instrument (ACX) ...

Infrared observations using two instruments aboard the James Webb ... The current observations cannot pinpoint the exact atmospheric composition,” said planetary scientist Renyu Hu of NASA ...