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
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