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SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earth’s atmosphere. Its main instruments are an optical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer the ACE-FTS Instrument and an ultraviolet spectrophotometer MAESTRO. These devices record spectra of the Sun as sunlight passes through the Earth’s atmosphere making analyses of the chemical elements of the atmosphere possible.SCISAT is a relatively small satellite weighing 150 kg (~330 pounds).

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