Geosat

United States Navy satellite designed to measure sea surface heights to within 5 cm. After a year-and-a-half-long classified mission, Geosat's scientific Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) began on Nov. 8, 1986. When the ERM ended in Jan. 1990 (due to failures of both onboard tape recorders), more than three years of precise altimetry data were available to the scientific community.

launch date	Mar. 13, 1985
launch vehicle	Atlas E
launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base
orbit	775 × 779 km × 108.1°
mass	635 kg

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