RARR Mission Profile

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		+	Examples of the variety of RARR support were:
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		+	==Looking at Earth==
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		+	; GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) : - locating geographic points and the location and magnitude of gravitational anomalies
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		+	; NIMBUS : - meteorology and oceanic phytoplankton and particulates
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		+	; SMS (Synchronous Meteorological Satellite) : the first of the GOES series
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		+	; ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) renamed Landsat : – monitoring the Earth’s surface, land cover, land use & natural resources
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		+	==Looking at the near-Earth environment==
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		+	; AE (Atmosphere Explorer) : – studying processes within the thermosphere and ionosphere and capable of dipping into the lower atmosphere
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		+	; OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) & EGO : - with very high apogees and very low perigees, studying geophysical and solar phenomena in the magnetosphere and interplanetary space
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		+	; IMP (Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) : – a number of IMPs in a variety of orbits provided simultaneous measurement to obtain the spatial and temporal relationship of geophysical and interplanetary phenomena
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		+	; Pegasus & MTS (Meteoroid Technology Satellite) : – study of meteoroid impacts in near-earth orbit
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		+	==Looking out from Earth==
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		+	; HEOS (Highly Eccentric Orbiting Satellite) : – examining magnetic fields outside the Earth’s magnetosphere
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		+	; OSO (Orbiting Solar Observatory) : – observing the Sun’s ultraviolet and x-ray radiation unfiltered by the Earth’s atmosphere
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		+	; OAO (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory) : – measuring stars (pulsars & x-ray binaries) with UV telescopes & x-ray instrumentation.

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Examples of the variety of RARR support were:

Looking at Earth

GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) 

- locating geographic points and the location and magnitude of gravitational anomalies

NIMBUS 

- meteorology and oceanic phytoplankton and particulates

SMS (Synchronous Meteorological Satellite) 

the first of the GOES series

ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) renamed Landsat 

– monitoring the Earth’s surface, land cover, land use & natural resources

Looking at the near-Earth environment

AE (Atmosphere Explorer) 

– studying processes within the thermosphere and ionosphere and capable of dipping into the lower atmosphere

OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) & EGO 

- with very high apogees and very low perigees, studying geophysical and solar phenomena in the magnetosphere and interplanetary space

IMP (Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) 

– a number of IMPs in a variety of orbits provided simultaneous measurement to obtain the spatial and temporal relationship of geophysical and interplanetary phenomena

Pegasus & MTS (Meteoroid Technology Satellite) 

– study of meteoroid impacts in near-earth orbit

Looking out from Earth

HEOS (Highly Eccentric Orbiting Satellite) 

– examining magnetic fields outside the Earth’s magnetosphere

OSO (Orbiting Solar Observatory) 

– observing the Sun’s ultraviolet and x-ray radiation unfiltered by the Earth’s atmosphere

OAO (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory) 

– measuring stars (pulsars & x-ray binaries) with UV telescopes & x-ray instrumentation.