EGO-xO: Nanosats for Advanced Gravity Mapping and Crosslink Occultation

Status: Completed

Start Date: 2016-06-30

End Date: 2018-12-30

Description:

Geo Optics advanced nanosatellite remote sensing technologies for time-variable gravity and atmospheric sensing applications. Cellular nanosat systems advance remote sensing to new levels of coverage and detail at a fraction of current costs by exploiting the "network effect". EGO XO applied this principle to climate, weather, and Earth dynamics through advanced mapping of time-variable gravity and precise atmospheric sensing.

Benefits:

Provides the potential of future gravitational measurements at much higher accuracies and much lower cost over what the GRACE missions are able to provide. Provides an opportunity to sell real-time radio occultation data for improved weather forcating

Lead Organization: Geo Optics, LLC