Ozone sensor to be reinstated

摘要

Fans of ozone data, rejoice. US science agencies announced on 11 April that they will restore an axed ozone sensor to a satellite that is due to launch in 2009. The sensor was scrapped last June, when the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was brutally restructured. The system is meant to merge and replace the US military and civilian weather-prediction satellites, but it is over budget and behind schedule. At least three climate sensors were axed at the time.