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 ...

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.

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 ...

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) ...

Each geostationary, three-axis stabilized spacecraft is designed to host three instruments. The centrally located spacecraft will carry an infrared sounder and atmospheric composition instrument ...

Satellites in the east and west will be equipped with an imager, ocean color instrument and an imager. The spacecraft in the central location will carry an atmospheric composition instrument and ...