The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE)

The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a small free-flying satellite launched on January 25, 2003. It carries four scientific instruments to measure solar radiation incident at the top-of-the-Earth’s atmosphere. This mission is one element of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) which is the major observational and scientific component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. SORCE will operate on orbit for a period of five years, with a design goal of six years. The spacecraft carrying and accommodating the instruments was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, VA. LASP operates the spacecraft from its Mission Operations Center in Boulder, CO. LASP is responsible for the acquisition, management, processing and distribution of the scientific data. For more information go to: http: //lasp.colorado.edu/sorce.