Objectives and Applications
GFZ-1 is a German geodesy mission of GFZ Potsdam, a passive microsatellite with the objective to improve our knowledge of the Earth's gravity field (to determine variations in the rotational characteristics of the Earth and to measurement changes in the Earth's gravity field).
Full Name
GeoForschungsZentrum-1 Geodesy Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
GFZ
Launch Date
19 Apr 1995
Mission Links
EOL Date
23 Jul 1999
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
92.3 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
51.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
383 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator