GEOS-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

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.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite 2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
11 Jan 1968
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jan 1970
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
112.2 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
105.8 deg
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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