NASA has awarded a sole source contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2).

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The instrument, the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), is said to be capable of precisely measuring what researchers call “total solar irradiance”. According to NASA, which has spent ...

The tri-agency committee that oversees the civil/military U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (Npoess) has agreed to restore the Total Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A solar instrument panel designed and built by a University of Colorado Boulder lab and considered a key tool to help monitor the planet’s climate is at NASA ...

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GREENBELT, Md., April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a sole source contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Total ...