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Skywatch Constellation

160 satellites · 9 orbital shells · 600 km orbit

SAI stratospheric-aerosol monitoring concept

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Orbital shells

Click any satellite to see its limb view.

At full deployment

  • Each point in the atmosphere measured ~90× per day
  • 10 × 10 km × 200 m tomographic resolution
  • PLUME — Particulate Limb-UV Multispectral Experiment
  • UV Spectrometer Imager + Near-Limb Radiometer
  • SO₂ measurement sensitivity approximately 1 to 2 ppb
  • ~2 TB/day of new science data