the earth’s gravity field dedicated missions provide homogeneous and uniformly accurate information on the long wavelengths of the earth’s gravity field. many different global geopotential models have introduced by earth and space research centers during the last years. the geopotential models derived from the grace satellite measurements are compared with the other models at different frequenc...

• Attitude control – usually autonomous in satellite missions running in a dedicated processor. Its development and testing requires particular conditions. Its development and testing requires particular conditions. For instance, the gravity and air resistance are variables that overcome the effects which disturb the spacecraft attitude on orbit. For this reason, the use of a set of software sy...

Abstract The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission carries magnetometers that are dedicated to enhance the satellite’s navigation. After appropriate calibration characterisation of artificial magnetic disturbances, these observations valuable assets characterise natural variability Earth’s field. We describe data pre-processing, calibration, strategy against a hig...

Some results are presented of the Earths microseismic background. It is assumed that background peaks should correspond to the resonance gravity-wave exchange in the system of two gravity-connected bodies. The microseismic spectrum is compared with the distribution of gravity potential of the nearest stars. A close peak-to-peak correspondence is found. This correspondence and resonance conditio...

We present a high-resolution lunar gravity field model (LGM2011) that provides gravity accelerations, free-air gravity anomalies, selenoid undulations and vertical deflections over the entire Moon’s surface. LGM2011 is based on the Japanese SELENE mission that provides the lowand medium-frequency constituents of the gravity field, down to spatial scales of ~78 km. At spatial scales between ~78 ...

After the successful European gravity mission GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer), which provided an unprecedented high resolution static global map of the Earth's gravity field, the European Space Agency has proposed several preparatory studies for a Next Generation Gravity Mission. The NGGM mission objective aims at measuring the temporal variations of the Earth g...