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
fDate :
7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1985.289442
