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    term: 238
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=238
  - context: Mission
    lexicon: ceos
    term: LAGEOS-2
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionindex.aspx#L
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contributors:
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    id: 3713
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      display_name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      identifier: national-aeronautics-space-administration
      name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://www.nasa.gov
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    uri: /contributor/3713
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    id: 3735
    organization:
      country_code: IT
      display_name: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
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      name: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
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      type: organization
      url: http://www.asi.it/en
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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: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/l/lageos
display_name: laser-geodynamics-satellite-2
end_date: 2052-10-01T00:00:00
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    identifier: 37176204-703b-4fe1-a069-e86bf32aae5f
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identifier: laser-geodynamics-satellite-2
instruments:
  - description: Laser retroreflector
    description_attribution: Laser retroreflector
    identifier: laser-retroreflector-array-3
    name: Laser Retroreflector Array
    uri: /instrument/laser-retroreflector-array-3
name: 'Laser Geodynamics Satellite - 2'
parents: []
platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
references: []
start_date: 1992-10-22T00:00:00
type: platform
uri: /platform/laser-geodynamics-satellite-2
url: http://www.asi.it