PICASSO, ESA’s CubeSat to sift secrets from sunrise

PICASSO in orbit

There is always a sunrise and sunset happening somewhere on our planet. Soon ESA’s newest CubeSat – flying aboard Europe’s Vega launcher this Friday – will be keeping watch. The miniature PICASSO mission will use the filtering of sunlight by Earth’s atmosphere to check the health of our protective ozone layer.




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Source: ESA Space News