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Earth Sciences Division

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)

Class:

Flight Project

Status:

Operational

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Launch Date:

April 2007

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The AIM satellite mission is designed to explore Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they form and why they are changing.

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    Artist's concept of AIM in orbit