Giberson, Walker Eugene (Gene), 1923-1999.
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Giberson, Walker Eugene (Gene), 1923-1999.
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Giberson, Walker Eugene (Gene), 1923-1999.
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In the summer of 1974 JPL was selected to manage the Seasat project and in October the project office was formed. Seasat launched June 26, 1978, and was active for 4 months, ending operations in October. It was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study the oceans. There were four experiments which included the Radar Altimeter (ALT) to measure ocean surface topography by measuring spacecraft altitude above the ocean surface; the Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer (SASS), to measure wind speed and direction over the ocean; the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) to measure surface wind speed, ocean surface temperature, atmospheric water vapor content, rain rate, and ice coverage; and the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), to image the ocean surface, polar ice caps, and coastal regions.
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congressional reports
Earth observations (from space)
Earth & Ocean Physics Applications Program
ground truth
Lunar exploration
Lunar landing sites
Oceanography
payloads
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Ranger 2 lunar probe
Ranger 9 lunar probe
Seasat 1
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Vega project
Wallops Island