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GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite), NASA - GEOS Program
Type(s) Satellite mission>Earth observation
Owner National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Organisation NASA
Abstract GEOS was a US National Geodetic Satellite Program (NGSP). The NASA mission initiative of three spacecraft was of a study nature to test tracking system behavior experimentally and to unify the world's tracking datums to the 5-10 m level of uncertainty with respect to the geocenter. In this context the GEOS acronym has two definitions, 1) Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite, and 2) Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite.
 
Cross Reference(s) Mission Fact Sheet
Instrument Information
Discipline(s) Space science
Oceans & coasts
General Earth observation
Point of Contact
Name & Address National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Headquarters
Public Affairs Office - Code P
Washington, D.C. 20546
U.S.A.
United States

United States
 
Phone +1 202 358 0000
Fax +1 202 358 3029
E-mail (#at# is @) comments#at#hq.nasa.gov
URL http://www.nasa.gov/
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Spatial Coverage & Location(s)
  90°  
-180°   180°
  -90°  

 
Temporal Coverage 09/04/1975
Launch of GEOS-3
Language(s) of Resource English
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