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Apollo-Soyuz
Long Path Absorption Experiment (MA-059), VUV resonance lamps for in-situ
measurement of oxygen and nitrogen by resonance absorption and
fluorescence, 120nm and 130nm
1975
NASA/Johnson
Space Flight Center
GASPEC
Resonance starts a project to develop gas correlation spectrometers for
tropospheric remote sensing
1981
York University
OASIS Sounding
Rocket
Atomic oxygen light sources for resonance fluorescence and absorption
measurements of the atmosphere between 60 and 250 km.
1981
National Research
Council Canada
ARIES
Sounding Rocket
Rocket payload employing resonance fluorescence and absorption for the
measurement of atomic oxygen and nitrogen between 70 and 200 km.
1984
National Research
Council Canada
Resonance develops a microprocessor-controlled UV gas correlation
spectrometer and successfully measures the SO2 plume-flux from a coal-fuelled
power generating facility
1984
York University
VUE (SDIO)
UV Kr continuum sources for in-flight calibration of satellite-borne UV camera
1987
Perkin Elmer
Project
Client
Year
Title
Resonance uses GASCOFIL to make measurements of SO2 and NO2 in a large
forest fire plume
1987
York University and Ontrario
Ministry of Natural Resources
GASCOSCAN
Resonance develops an IR Scanning Spectrometer remote sensor and
measures trace gases in a large forest fire plume
1987
York University and Ontario
Ministry of Natual Resources
LACE-UVPI
Resonance develops a space-qualified UV-D2 continuum light sources for the in-
flight calibration the satellite-borne Ultraviolet Plume Instrument
1988
US Naval Research Center
Resonance’s gas correlation spectrometer is modified and used to simulate
remote sensing of CO and CH4 from orbit
1988
NASA Langley
Research Center
Resonance’s gas correlation spectrometer is modified and used to make remote
sensing measurements of CO column concentrations around a major urban center
1989
York University
VIP Sounding
Rocket
Space-qualified array of VUV Krypton line sources for the measurement of
water vapor using VUV-induced dissociative fluorescence from a Titan rocket
1991
Applied Physics
Laboratory
WINDO3
Resonance’s self-calibrating rocket payload employing resonance fluorescence
is used to make the shock-free measurements of atomic oxygen between 70 and
200 km
1992
University of Tokyo
Resonance’s gas correlation spectrometer is used to make pioneering IR
remote-sensing measurements of gases from the AndeanVolcano Galeras in
Southern Columbia
1993
York University and
Université de Montréal
WF-PC II
Hubble Space Telescope, VUV D2 sources for in-flight calibration of the Wide
Field/Planetary Camera II, 110 to 400nm
1993
NASA/Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Resonance’s gas correlation spectrometer is modified and used to make cross
road measurements of CO across an urban roadway in Albuquerque New Mexico
1993
New Mexico Dept.
of Highways
WIND and POLAR
Satellites
VUV Xe continuum sources and fiber-optics for in-flight calibration of solar wind
detectors on the SWE (Solar Wind Experiment on WIND and on HYDRA on
POLAR, 178 to 200nm
1993
NASA/Goddard
Space Flight Center
MSX Satellite
Resonance develops and space qualifies an array of 16 space-qualified VUV Kr
line sources which are used in the 5 year MSX mission to measure water vapor
in low earth orbit
1994
Applied Physics
Laboratory
MAPS
Resonance carries out 37,000 km GASCOFIL remote-sensing survey over North
America. These over flights were concurrent with collection of the CO MAPS
data on STS 68 between Oct. 1 and 10, 1994
1994
NASA Langley
Research Center
Resonance develops a space-qualified fiber-coupled UV light source to remove
electro-static charge for the Gravity Probe-B mission.
1994
Stanford University
Aerospace and Communications Group. D2 and Kr lamps to cover spectral range
of 110 to 300 nm for the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
1995
Ball Aerospace
North Carolina State
University
A miniaturized space-qualified gas correlation spectrometer for the remote
sensing of atmospheric CO and N2O from orbit is developed and integrated into
Clark Spacecraft. The mission was cancelled and the remote sensor goes into
storage before later use as an airborne remote sensor (see below).
1995
Ball Aerospace
Resonance develops, tests and delivers rocket qualified sodium and potassium
line sources for atmospheric concentrations measurements from a payload
launched on a Black Brant rocket
1996
The Aerospace
Corporation
Atomic Oxygen exposure and Measurement System for spacecraft materials
studies is developed and built for the Canadian Space Agency
1996
The Canadian Space
Agency
Resonance develops and space qualifies the thermally-stabilized, fiber-optic
UV charge control system used in the Gravity Probe B mission. This mission
will measure the gravitational effects of General Relativity
1997
Stanford University
1997
ACS
1996
VUV Light Sources used for in-flight calibration of the Advanced Camera for
Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope delivered to Ball Aerospace
Tiny WINDO
Resonance’s Tiny WINDO measures Atomic Oxygen in the Middle Atmosphere
and Stratosphere
1998
University of Tokyo
VUV CO
Resonance’s VUV fluorescence detection system measures Troposphere CO in
DOE Atmospheric Field Studies (Phoenix 98, Philadelphia 99, Huston 2000,
Pennsylvania 04)
1998
Brookhaven National Labs
Atomic Absorption
Resonance develops a VUV Atomic Nitrogen Absorption System for nitride
semiconductor research
1999
Stanford University
Gintzon Labs
Atomic Absorption
Resonance develops a VUV Atomic Oxygen Absorption System for YBO
superconductor research
1999
Resonance wins technology fund bid to develop a gas correlation remote
sensor for Natural Gas
2000
Enbridge Consumers Gas
WINDO4
Resonance’s WINDO 4 measures Atomic Oxygen and Gravity Waves in the upper
Atmosphere (WAVE2000) for University of Tokyo
2000
University of Tokyo
SPDM
MD Robotics
Resonance develops space-qualified visible light sources for the Space Station
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) OTCM Program
Stanford University
Gintzon Labs
Resonance develops the digital COSPEC
2001
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Rocket PID
Resonance’s VUV and UV Lamps are used to measure atmospheric and
particulate species in middle atmosphere by VUV induced photo-ionization
2002
Penn State University
Mini PID
Resonance develops a miniaturized photoionization bulb for the detection of
atmospheric trace constituents
2003
In-house R&D
Resonance and McGill University test the Resonance Mini Doas I (RMDI)
Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer at Tarumae Volcano in Hokiado
Japan
2003
McGill University
Resonance develops and delivers a digital COSPEC to JMA
2003
Japan Meteorological Agency
Resonance further develops its IR based natural gas remote sensor and performs
field tests on gas service leaks
2003
Northeast Gas Group
WINDO5
Resonance’s WINDO 5 measures Atomic Oxygen and Gravity Waves in the
upper Atmosphere (WAVE2004)
2004
University of Tokyo
INTEX-NA
MicroMAPS
MicroMAPS flown on the Scaled Composites Proteus High Altitude Aircraft and
has retrieved CO Data over North America and Europe for NASA Langley
Research Center and Virginia Space Grant Consortium
2004
NASA Langley
Research Center
Resonance and McGill University Test the Resonance Mini Doas I (RMDI)
Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer at Mt. Etna, Stroboli, Kudryavy
Volcanoes
2004
McGill University
Resonance develops the charge control system for the Stanford University, ESA
and JPL’s LISA Pathfinder (GRS project technology test for the Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)
2004
Stanford University
AD-COSPEC
Resonance develops a two-dimensional imaging correlation spectrometer for
plume flux measurements using the DOAS technique
2004
In-house R&D