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MicroLab 1, also known as OrbView 1 was launched on April 3,
1995, OrbView-1 provides the world's first broad-area
cloud-to-cloud lightning data.

OrbView-1's payload consists of two sensors:

-an ... Optical Transient Detector (OTD) provided by NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center, and

-an atmospheric monitoring instrument (GPS/MET) sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and the University Consortium for
Atmospheric Research.

The OTD sensor maps atmospheric lighting strikes and has
provided NASA with information important to the understanding of
severe weather patterns. The GPS/MET sensor has proven that the
signals from the GPS satellite constellation used for precision
navigation can also be used to provide important atmospheric
data. The success of the GPS/MET sensor has further validated
the concept of using space-based sensors to improve worldwide
weather prediction.

The OrbView-1 program is the result of a unique
government-industry partnership between ORBIMAGE and NASA. Under
this arrangement, NASA provided the OTD sensor for use on
OrbView-1 and ORBIMAGE agreed to conduct an initial six-month
experiment of the sensor. NASA's cost for data under this
program over the past five years has totaled approximately
ů.2 million.

Additional information available at
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/orbview-1.htm

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