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NIMBUS-NI VII--------
The craft was placed in sun synchronous orbit and transmission of data from all of the experiments was completed as scheduled. For the first time NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) were able to receive data concerning the global atmosphere in real time. NIMBUS VII remains operational (summer '94), although the TOMS total column ozone instrument failed in May of 1993.

PARTICIPANTS:

NASA, NCAR, General Electric, NOAA, US Weather Bureau, MIT, Jet Propulsion Lab, Oxford University.
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