4.1.7. The Geosat Follow-On (GFO) mission

Credits US Navy

Satellite	Geosat Follow-On
Launched	February 10, 1998
Mission	Mesure ocean topography
Altitude	880 km
Inclination	108° (non-sun-synchronous)

GFO, Geosat Follow-On was launched in February 1998, and retired in November 2008. Its mission is to provide real-time ocean topography data to the US Navy. Scientific and commercial users have access to these data through NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Its primary payload is a radar altimeter.

GFO follows the 17-day repetitive orbit of Geosat.

Further information on:

mission and operations (US Navy website)
data (NOAA website)

	URL: http://www.altimetry.info/html/missions/gfo/welcome_en.html