CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GEOSAT
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Full Name
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Geodetic/Geophysical Satellite
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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US Naval Research Lab , NASA
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Launch Date
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12 Mar 1985
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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01 Jan 1990
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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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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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100.6 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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108.1 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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785 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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3 days
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Objectives and Applications
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GEOSAT was a pioneering research mission of the US Navy dedicated to radar altimetry. The mission made measurements of ocean topography for submarine commanders. Later, it was used for long-term observations of sea, wind, waves, and ice topography.
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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 12  )
Data Records derived from GEOSAT Geodetic Mission (GM) and Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) data from 30 M ...
Digital SAR Mosaic and Elevation Map of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Version 1
Elevation Change of the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet from 1978-88, Version 1
GEOSAT Radar Altimeter DEM Atlas of Antarctica North of 72.1 degrees South, Version 1
Global Gravity from Satellite Altimetry (Geosat, ERS-1, Envisat, Jason-1, and CryoSat-2) from 2010-0 ...
GRAVSAT: Regional Gravity Anomaly Surveys from Satellite Altimetry
Greenland 5 km DEM, Ice Thickness, and Bedrock Elevation Grids, Version 1
Ice Altimetry Data for Greenland and Antarctica from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Long wavelength Earth gravity field series from satellite tracking, altimeter and surface data, sphe ...
Long wavelength sea surface topography model from GEOSAT altimeter data (1986, Dec. 14-31)
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 6 results: browser , table )
GEOSAT-2 Portugal Coverage 2021
GEOSAT-1 full archive and tasking
TropForest- ALOS, GEOSAT-1 & KOMPSAT-2 optical coverages over tropical forests
GEOSAT-1 and 2 ESA archive
GEOSAT-2 Spain Coverage
GEOSAT-2 full archive and tasking
Want to explore more? Read about FedEO by ESA or click here to search FedEO or CMR OpenSearch by NASA
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