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Geosat
Geosat
Geosat
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American Navy satellite designed to measure sea surface heights to within 5 cm. Altimetry satellite built by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) for US Navy, USA. Launched 1985.

AKA: Geodetic Satellite. Status: Operational 1985. First Launch: 1985-03-13. Last Launch: 1985-03-13. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 635 kg (1,399 lb).

After a one-and-a-half year long classified mission for the Navy, Geosat's scientific Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) began on November 8, 1986. When the ERM ended in January 1990 (due to failures of both on-board tape recorders), more than three years of precise altimeter data were available to the scientific community. Spacecraft: Gravity gradient stabilized. Two tape recorders. Payload: Radar altimeter to measure sea surface height.


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Family: Earth, Radar altimeter, Medium earth orbit. Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Atlas, Atlas E, Atlas E/OIS. Launch Sites: Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC3W. Agency: APL, USN. Bibliography: 2, 278, 279, 6, 6522, 12491.

1985 March 13 - . 02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3W. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas E/OIS.

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