Multi-Purpose Space Mission Simulator (B02)

• Subject Area: Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 434617780

This project aims at providing a test bed for all space-related activities in TerraQ. The focus lies on the development of detailed system models for GRACE and GRACE-FO to enable the resolution of internal couplings and their influence on the gravity field solution, plus the disturbance identification and mitigation for GRACE-FO. Also, we will generate mission-specific mock data sets with unprecedented depth and precision for optimising existing gravimetric measurement concepts and identifying and evaluating new concepts proposed in TerraQ. The goal is a complete representation of the satellite system, sensors and all perturbative effects for all scenarios requested by the community.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1464: Relativistic and quantum-based geodesy (TerraQ)
• Applicant Institution: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
• Co-Applicant Institution: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR); Abteilung Relativistische Modellierung; Universität Bremen
• Project Heads: Dr. Meike List; Dr.-Ing. Benny Rievers