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aliases:
  - context: instrumentID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 1510
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=1510
  - context: Instrument
    lexicon: ceos
    term: LRA (LAGEOS)
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#L
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : Agenzia Spaziale Italiana '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3735.yaml
    id: 3735
    organization:
      country_code: IT
      display_name: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
      identifier: agenzia-spaziale-italiana
      name: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
      organization_type_identifier: national
      type: organization
      url: http://www.asi.it/en
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    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3735
description: Laser retroreflector
description_attribution: ~
display_name: laser-retroreflector-array-3
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/laser-retroreflector-array-3.yaml
identifier: laser-retroreflector-array-3
name: Laser Retroreflector Array
parents: []
platforms:
  - description: "LAGEOS-I is a of NASA - the orbit of the spacecraft (and its slight perturbations) represent the geodynamic measurements. LAGEOS-I is the first NASA satellite dedicated wholly to laser ranging. LAGEOS was designed to act as a permanent reference point so that the Earth's progress could be tracked relative to the satellite (in contrast to the traditional system of tracking satellites relative to the Earth). One of LAGEOS' functions is to aid in the understanding of the Earth's crustal motions. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) as well as many institutions around the world are tracking the LAGEOS orbit to study the dynamics of the solid Earth, to analyze (deduce) continental drift (plate tectonics, crustal deformations), the Earth's gravitational field, and the “wobble” in the Earth's axis of rotation."
    description_attribution: "LAGEOS-I is a of NASA - the orbit of the spacecraft (and its slight perturbations) represent the geodynamic measurements. LAGEOS-I is the first NASA satellite dedicated wholly to laser ranging. LAGEOS was designed to act as a permanent reference point so that the Earth's progress could be tracked relative to the satellite (in contrast to the traditional system of tracking satellites relative to the Earth). One of LAGEOS' functions is to aid in the understanding of the Earth's crustal motions. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) as well as many institutions around the world are tracking the LAGEOS orbit to study the dynamics of the solid Earth, to analyze (deduce) continental drift (plate tectonics, crustal deformations), the Earth's gravitational field, and the “wobble” in the Earth's axis of rotation."
    identifier: laser-geodynamics-satellite-1
    name: 'Laser Geodynamics Satellite - 1'
    uri: /platform/laser-geodynamics-satellite-1
  - description: "LAGEOS-I is a of NASA - the orbit of the spacecraft (and its slight perturbations) represent the geodynamic measurements. LAGEOS-I is the first NASA satellite dedicated wholly to laser ranging. LAGEOS was designed to act as a permanent reference point so that the Earth's progress could be tracked relative to the satellite (in contrast to the traditional system of tracking satellites relative to the Earth). One of LAGEOS' functions is to aid in the understanding of the Earth's crustal motions. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) as well as many institutions around the world are tracking the LAGEOS orbit to study the dynamics of the solid Earth, to analyze (deduce) continental drift (plate tectonics, crustal deformations), the Earth's gravitational field, and the “wobble” in the Earth's axis of rotation."
    description_attribution: "LAGEOS-I is a of NASA - the orbit of the spacecraft (and its slight perturbations) represent the geodynamic measurements. LAGEOS-I is the first NASA satellite dedicated wholly to laser ranging. LAGEOS was designed to act as a permanent reference point so that the Earth's progress could be tracked relative to the satellite (in contrast to the traditional system of tracking satellites relative to the Earth). One of LAGEOS' functions is to aid in the understanding of the Earth's crustal motions. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) as well as many institutions around the world are tracking the LAGEOS orbit to study the dynamics of the solid Earth, to analyze (deduce) continental drift (plate tectonics, crustal deformations), the Earth's gravitational field, and the “wobble” in the Earth's axis of rotation."
    identifier: laser-geodynamics-satellite-2
    name: 'Laser Geodynamics Satellite - 2'
    uri: /platform/laser-geodynamics-satellite-2
references: []
type: instrument
uri: /instrument/laser-retroreflector-array-3