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🔬 **LAGEOS: An Earth Science Mission Built for Enduring Precision**
On May 4, 1976, a spacecraft resembling a disco ball entered orbit almost 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above Earth. This shiny, two‑foot‑wide (60‑centimeter) sphere called the Laser Geodynamics Satellite, or LAGEOS, is covered with 426 retroreflectors—small mirrored prisms desi...
🔗 https://www.nasa.gov/missions/lageos/lageos-an-earth-science-mission-built-for-enduring-precision/
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On May 4, 1976, a spacecraft resembling a disco ball entered orbit almost 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above Earth. This shiny, two‑foot‑wide (60‑centimeter) sphere called the Laser Geodynamics Satellite, or LAGEOS, is covered with 426 retroreflectors—small mirrored prisms desi...
🔗 https://www.nasa.gov/missions/lageos/lageos-an-earth-science-mission-built-for-enduring-precision/
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