Multi-Purpose Space Mission Simulator (B02)

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