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OAS platform Detail for GEOSAT
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| platforms_id: | 3919 |
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| Title: | |
| Name: | GEOSAT |
| ICES Code: | 3290 |
| Callsign: | |
| Countries: | UNITED STATES |
| Comments: | Updated information from ICES for the platform GEOSAT from the UNITED STATES. Name was edited to match ICES name and additional information was added to the ICES entry for this platform. US Navy GEOdetic SATellite launched 12 March 1985 carrying a radar altimeter. Classified geodetic mission concluded 30 September 1986. GEOSAT orbit adjusted to a 244 pass repeat orbit (repeat same ground track every 17.05 days) for the unclassified Exact Repeat Mission, which ran from 8 Nov 1986 to 30 Jan 1990. Additional information available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosat. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 3 |
| Keydate: | 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-07-02 01:47:35+00 |