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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GEOS-2
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Full Name
Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite 2
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NASA
Launch Date
11 Jan 1968
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jan 1970
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
112.2 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
105.8 deg
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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.
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