MANTRA: Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen TRend Assessment

A Balloon Mission to Study Stratospheric Composition

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MANTRA 2002 Schedule

MILESTONE

NOMINAL DATE

Requirements Review

January 24, 2002

Start of CSA/NSERC support

February 2002

Critical Design Review

April 18, 2002

SIL to send gondola, CIP, etc. to U of Toronto

June 10, 2002

Flight Readiness Review

June 20, 2002

All instruments to U of T for integration

July 2002

Ship to Vanscoy

August 8, 2002 arrive by August 12

Sondes and ground-based measurements start

August 13, 2002

Science team arrival at Vanscoy

August 13-17, 2002

On site payload integration

August 16 - September 3, 2002

Flight ready, awaiting good winds and weather

August 31, 2002

Balloon launch

2:02 AM LT (8:02 UTC), Sept. 3

Post-Flight Review Meeting

October 2, 2002

Post-Flight Report

November 4, 2002

First Data Workshop

November 25, 2002

Second Data Workshop

June 15, 2003

 

Maintained by: Kimberly Strong

Last updated: 14 July 2004