Objectives and Applications
To measure sea levels and glacial heights
Full Name
GEOSat Follow-on
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
10 Feb 1998
Mission Links
EOL Date
22 Oct 2008
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GFO-RA - GEOSat Follow-On Radar Altimeter |
LRA - Laser Retroreflector Array |
| TRSR - Turbo-Rogue Space Receiver |
| WVR - Water Vapor Radiometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | LRA, TRSR |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | LRA, TRSR |