Timeline
January 1998: Proposal to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
November 1998: ACE selected for SCISAT
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
September 2004: FTS Version 1.0 Started Processing (for selected occultations)
February/March 2005: 2005 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
May 2005: FTS Version 2.2 Started Processing (over entire data set)
June 2005: 10,000th orbit (June 6th); Geophysical Research Letters Special Issue Published
February/March 2006: 2006 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
June 2006: MAESTRO Version 1.2 Started Processing
October 2006: Canada's SCISAT satellite explains 2006 ozone-layer depletion
February/March 2007: 2007 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
March 2007: International Polar Year Begins
September 2007: Scientists in First Global Study of Poison Gas in the Atmosphere
February/March 2008: 2008 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
July 2008: Global distributions of carbonyl sulfide in the stratosphere
August 2008: Keeping an Eye on the Ozone Layer
February/March 2009: 2009 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
March 2009: International Polar Year Ends
May 2009: SCISAT Team Wins The Alouette Award
June 2009: FTS Version 3.0 Started Processing (over entire data set)
October 2009: Unusual meteorological conditions in early 2009 led to more ozone-destroying gases in the middle atmosphere
February/March 2010: 2010 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
March 2010: Monsoon helps to raise pollution to new heights
February/March 2011: 2011 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
August 2011: Team Measuring polluting Emissions from Forest Fires in Canada
February/March 2012: 2012 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
November 2012: 50,000th orbit (November 24th)
February/March 2013: 2013 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
February/March 2014: 2014 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
February/March 2015: 2015 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign
February/March 2016: 2016 Canadian Arctic ACE Validation Campaign