Gravity gradient technology satellite
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Category of spacecraft.
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- GGSE American gravity gradient technology satellite. 5 launches, 1964.01.11 (GGSE 1) to 1967.05.31 (GGSE 5). Developed designs and deployment techniques later applied to the NOSS / Whitecloud naval reconnaissance satellites.
GGTS American gravity gradient technology satellite. Gravity gradient stabilization tests.
DODGE American gravity gradient technology satellite. The Navy's 195 kg DODGE (Department Of Defense Gravity Experiment) satellite had the primary mission to explore gravity gradient stabilization at near synchronous altitude. Experimental satellite built by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) for, USA. Launched 1967.