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40 years of continuity, LAGEOS still aids studies of Earth

40 years of continuity, LAGEOS still aids studies of Earth

NASA Press release video from 1975 ❝ LAGEOS – short for Laser Geodynamic Satellite – was the first NASA orbiter dedicated to the precision measurement technique called laser ranging. With it, scientists have measured the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, detected irregularities in the rotation of the planet, weighed it, and…

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