Timeline

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  1. 1998
    1. Jan
      1. Proposal to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

    2. Nov
      1. ACE selected for SCISAT

  2. 2002
    1. Dec
      1. Late 2022: Construction and testing of instruments nearly complete

  3. 2003
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: Science characterization testing at the University of Toronto

    2. Aug
      1. Launch, early orbit phase begins

    3. Dec
      1. First atmospheric spectra recorded

  4. 2004
    1. Jan
      1. Main science commissioning

    2. Feb
      1. Routine operations begin

      2. Feb/March: 2004 Canadian Arctic Validation Campaign
    3. Sep
      1. FTS version 1.0 started processing (for selected occultations)

  5. 2005
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2005 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. May
      1. FTS version 2.2 started processing (over entired data set)

    3. Jun
      1. June 6: 10,000th orbit; Geophysical Research Letters special issue published
  6. 2006
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2006 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Jun
      1. MAESTRO version 1.2 started processing

    3. Oct
      1. Canada's SCISAT satellite explains 2006 ozone-layer depletion
  7. 2007
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2007 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Mar
      1. International Polar Year begins

    3. Sep
      1. Scientists in first global study of poison gas in the atmosphere
  8. 2008
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2008 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Jul
      1. Global distributions of carbonyl sulfide in the stratosphere
    3. Aug
      1. Keeping an eye on the ozone layer
  9. 2009
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2009 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Mar
      1. International Polar Year ends

    3. May
      1. SCISAT team wins the Alouette Award
    4. Jun
      1. FTS version 3.0 started processing (over entire data set)

    5. Oct
      1. Unusual meteorological conditions in early 2009 led to more ozone-destroying gases in the middle atmosphere
  10. 2010
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2010 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Mar
      1. Monsoon helps to raise pollution to new heights
  11. 2011
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2011 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Sep
      1. Team measuring polluting emissions from forest fires in Canada
  12. 2012
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2012 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
    2. Nov
      1. 50,000th orbit (Nov. 24)

  13. 2013
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2013 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation
  14. 2014
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2014 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation
  15. 2015
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2015 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation
  16. 2016
    1. Feb
      1. Feb/March: 2016 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation
  17. 2019
    1. May
      1. ACE-FTS v4.0 released

  18. 2022
    1. Mar
      1. 100,000th orbit

  19. 2023
    1. Jan
      1. ACE-FTS v5.0 released

    2. Aug
      1. SCISAT reaches 20 years in orbit