Timeline
January 1998: Proposal to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
November 1998: ACE selected for SCISAT-1
Late 2002: Construction and testing of instruments nearly complete
February/March 2003: Science characterization testing at the University of Toronto
August 2003: Launch, early orbit phase begins
December 2003: First atmospheric spectra recorded
January 2004: Main science commissioning
February 2004: Routine operations begin
February/March 2004: 2004 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
June 2004: High Beta Gap
September 2004: FTS Version 1.0 Started Processing (for selected occultations)
December 2004: High Beta Gap
February/March 2005: 2005 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
May 2005: FTS Version 2.2 Started Processing (over entire data set)
June 2005: High Beta Gap; 10,000th orbit (June 6th); Geophysical Research Letters Special Issue Published
December 2005: High Beta Gap
February/March 2006: 2006 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
June 2006: MAESTRO Version 1.2 Started Processing; High Beta Gap
December 2006: High Beta Gap
February/March 2007: 2007 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
March 2007: International Polar Year Begins
April 2007: 20,000th orbit (April 30th)
June 2007: High Beta Gap
December 2007: High Beta Gap
February/March 2008: 2008 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
June 2008: High Beta Gap
August 2008: 5th Anniversary of Launch (August 13th)
December 2008: High Beta Gap
February/March 2009: 2009 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
March 2009: International Polar Year Ends; 30,000th orbit (March 9th)
May 2009: SCISAT Team Wins The Alouette Award
June 2009: High Beta Gap; FTS Version 3.0 Started Processing (over entire data set)
August 2009: 6th Anniversary of Launch (August 13th)
December 2009: High Beta Gap
February/March 2010: 2010 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
June 2010: High Beta Gap
August 2010: 7th Anniversary of Launch (August 13th)
December 2010: High Beta Gap
February/March 2011: 2011 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign