Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.

As a result of the mutual interest within OMSF and OSSA in the identification of beneficial missions utilizing unassigned space hardware, a limited Phase B study was undertaken at MSFC to determine the merit and feasibility of launching a proposed Earth Physics Satellite with Apollo-type hardare. Simultaneously, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory accomplished a phase B definition of the proposed satellite.

NASA is planning a 1976 launch of a Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS) which, according to agency officials, "will track the Earth relative to the satellite, in contrast to the traditional case of tracking a satellite relative to the Earth. ...A LAGEOS Task Team, managed by Donald R. Bowden, has been established within Program Development (at MSFC).

This is a binder into which a variety of documents pertaining to the early history of the LAGEOS program has been compiled (492 pages). The period covered is roughly 1973 through mid 1974. There is a table of contents in the front of the binder.

THe LAGEOS system is defined and its ratinale is developed. This report was prepared In February 1974 and served as the basis of the LAGEOS Satellite Program development.

This is a collection of photographs taken during the fabrication of the LAGEOS satellite.

The Earth and Ocean Applications Program (EODAP) is an applications program based on the disciplines of earth and ocean dynamics. Its primary goals are to identify, develop and demonstrate relevant space techniques that will contribute significantly to the development and validation of predictive models for earthquake hazard alleviation, ocean-surface conditions and ocean circulation.

This is a binder into which a variety of documents pertaining to the LAGEOS Program have been compiled (386 pagese). The period covered is roughly the last half of 1974 through the first quarter of 1976. There is a Table of Contents in the front of the binder.

Sections of Press Release: General Release, Mission Objectives, Program Background, Collecting Data from LAGEOS, LAGEOS Description, Message to the Future, Launch Sequence, Delta Launch Vehicle Description, Launch Operations, LAGEOS/DELTA Program/ Project Management.

A geophysical research satellite expected to survive in space for several million years passed scientific testing recently at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center preparatory to a May launch from the Western Test Range. LAGEOS (For Laser Geodynamic Satellite) is expected to be of significant aid to scientists seeking to predict earthquakes. ...The LAGEOS project is managed for NASA's Office of Applications by the Marshall Space Flight Center.