The scientific mission is related to the study of the magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere of Earth.

Gravity waves are a major source of energy and momentum coupling between different layers of the atmosphere from the troposphere to the lower thermosphere.

In the mesosphere lower thermosphere it was found from spectral analysis that there was some periodicity the longer one of 2 to 10 days and the shorter one of 5 minutes to 24 hours.

A second area of emphasis in the last year has been space weather, conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can significantly influence the performance and integrity of important space borne and ground based technological systems.