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Beauty Shot of PACE Spacecraft


A digital rendering shows the instruments and associated equipment that will be included on board the PACE spacecraft.
Credit: NASA GSFC. Download this image (JPG, 95.8 KB).
[04-Mar-19] A digital rendering shows the instruments and associated equipment that will be included on board the PACE spacecraft. In addition to its primary Ocean Color Instrument, the spacecraft will also likely include two polarimeters. Such instruments are used to measure how the oscillation of sunlight within a geometric plane - known as its polarization - is changed by passing through clouds, aerosols, and the ocean.

For more information about the PACE mission, visit the Mission Page.