Ozone-Measuring Satellite to Be Launched From Vandenberg
From Times staff and wire reports
The first satellite ever designed solely to measure atmospheric ozone will be launched Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, giving scientists the ability to monitor the crucial ozone layer after an 18-month absence of daily coverage. The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer--Earth Probe was built by TRW Inc. and has a planned two-year lifetime.
Researchers have found that chlorofluorocarbons have been depleting stratospheric ozone, which protects Earth life from the debilitating effects of solar ultraviolet light.
