CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- LARES-2
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Full Name
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LAser RElativity Satellite 2
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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ASI
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Launch Date
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13 Jul 2022
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Mar 2062
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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53105 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2022-080A
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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226 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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70 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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5892 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Scientific objectives are the high accuracy measurement of the dragging of inertial frames due to the Earth's angular momentum, or Lense-Thirring effect, and a high precision test of the Earth's gravitomagnetic field with an accuracy greatly improved with respect to the previous LAGEOS and LARES missions. Gravitomagnetic field and dragging of inertial frames are predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity. In addition, LARES-2 will allow other measurements in General Relativity, geodesy and geodynamics.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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