Space Geodesy Laboratory - The Space Geodesy Laboratory, as a part of the Solar System Exploration Division (SSED) located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), conducts broad scientific research in global solid Earth dynamics, in fields that are related to space geodesy or rely on space geodesy for source observations. The Laboratory carries a time-honored heritage in generating the state-of-the-art gravity fields for the Earth, which is continuing into the new era of the International Decade of Geopotential Research. The same is true with respect to gravity fields of terrestrial planets and satellites in our Solar System. These efforts are based on the ever-improving precision in tracking of satellites and spacecraft, and in the capability of modeling and computation for precise orbit determination (POD) using the workhorse software GEODYN. The latter effort is also an integral part of current and future space missions that rely on POD, including ocean radar altimetry, land/ice laser altimetry and lidars, and new time-variable gravity measurement missions.
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