CHAMP: Lifespan 6 years

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CHAMP - Lifespan gt 6 years - DLR -
Inclination 87.3o - Launch 15/7/2000 - Altitude
416-476 km
Proof of concept low to medium degree static
gravity field
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GRACE - Lifespan gt 5 years - NASA/DLR -
Inclination 89o - Launch 17/3/2002 - Altitude
400-500 km
Low to high degree static/low degree temporal
gravity field
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High-pass filtered GRACE KBR inter-satellite
ranging
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GOCE - Lifespan 1.5-2 years - ESA -
Inclination 96o - Launch 2007 - Altitude
240-250 km
Piece de resistance
Low to very high degree static gravity field
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Observing the gravity field of celestial bodies
other than Earth
http//deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
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Lunar gravity field
Konopliv et al., Icarus, 150, 2001
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Gravity field of Mars
Lemoine et al., JGR, 106(E10), 2001
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Gravity field of Venus
W.L. Sjogren and A.S. Konopliv, JPL From NASA
PDS, 24 feb. 2006