The GRACE Mission, to be launched in mid-2001, will provide an unprecedented map of the Earth's gravity field every month. In this paper, we outline the challenges associated with this micron-level satellite-to-satellite ranging, the solutions used by the GRACE project, and the expected science applications of the data.


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    Title :

    The Grace Mission: The Challenges of Using Micron-Level Satellite-to-Satellite Ranging to Measure the Earth's Gravity Field


    Contributors:
    Watkins, M. (author) / Bettadpur, S. (author)

    Conference:

    International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics


    Publication date :

    2000-06-26


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English