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CHAMP

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/CHAMP

Description

CHAMP (CHAllenging Microsatellite Payload) is a German
spacecraft launched July 15, 2000, into an 87 deg inclination, 454 km
altitude orbit. It was intended to provide data for improvement of models
of Earth's gravitational and magnetic fields. It carried a GPS receiver,
a triaxial accelerometer, vector (fluxgate) and scalar magnetometers, and
a digital ion drift meter for electric field determination. GPS
occultation and sounding measurements contributed to atmospheric and
ionospheric profiles. The mission continues to operate as of January, 2010.
The science and data activities of the mission are managed by the
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ; German Research Center for Geosciences) in
Potsdam.

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/CHAMP
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
CHAMP
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

CHAMP (CHAllenging Microsatellite Payload) is a German
spacecraft launched July 15, 2000, into an 87 deg inclination, 454 km
altitude orbit. It was intended to provide data for improvement of models
of Earth's gravitational and magnetic fields. It carried a GPS receiver,
a triaxial accelerometer, vector (fluxgate) and scalar magnetometers, and
a digital ion drift meter for electric field determination. GPS
occultation and sounding measurements contributed to atmospheric and
ionospheric profiles. The mission continues to operate as of January, 2010.
The science and data activities of the mission are managed by the
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ; German Research Center for Geosciences) in
Potsdam.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Hermann.Luehr
InformationURL
Name
CHAMP web page at the German Research Center for Geosciences
URL
Description

Detailed information about CHAMP.

Language
German
InformationURL
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.NearSurface
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2000-07-15 12:00:00Z
StopDate
2010-09-19 08:00:59Z