The Meteor-3M satellite mission is a joint partnership between NASA and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RASA).The payload includes SAGE III and other instruments. Measurements Taken: 1. temperature and humidity profiles 2. clouds, 3. surface properties 4. high energy particles in the upper atmosphere. Solar measurements are collected twice each orbit when the satellite ascends or descends from behind the Earth. (Source https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/static/kms/platforms/platforms.rdf).