SERTS

Mission
SERTS

RAL Space involvement
Calibration, Co-Investigators

Subject
Solar Physics

Main Objectives
Solar UV Rocket

Launch date
Ten flights between 1983 and 2000

Contact person
Andrjez Fludra

Current phase
Completed

Description
Unlike satellite missions (which are lost when they re-enter the atmosphere) SERTS was recovered after each flight. This meant that the instrument was available for testing technological improvements.