CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GEOS-1
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Full Name
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Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite 1
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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06 Nov 1965
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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01 Jan 1968
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Highly elliptical
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Orbit Period
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120.3 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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59.4 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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The instrumentation onboard GEOS-1 and GEOS-2 helped researchers define the structure of the Earth's irregular gravitational field, and refine the locations and magnitudes of the large gravity anomalies.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 1 ) CDDIS_SLR_predictions ![Predicted satellite orbits for Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) tracking of satellites equipped with corner cube retroreflectors. SLR stations download these prediction files and coordinate tracking schedules for satellite acquisition. The predicted orbit files typically contain orbit information for multiple days and are issued on a daily or sub-daily basis.](/Images/offsite_link.png)
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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