• DocumentCode
    1023060
  • Title

    Geopotential Research Mission: Status Report

  • Author

    Yionoulis, Steve M. ; Pisacane, Vincent L.

  • Author_Institution
    Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20707
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    511
  • Lastpage
    516
  • Abstract
    The Geopotential Research Mission (GRM) is a planned NASA mission that promises to produce significant improvements in our knowledge and understanding of the Earth´s gravity and geomagnetic fields. This paper gives a description of this mission and discusses some of the engineering investigations that are being conducted to make improvements in the current spacecraft configuration.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace engineering; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geomagnetism; Gravity; Magnetic field measurement; NASA; Oceans; Sea measurements; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TGRS.1985.289442
  • Filename
    4072331