The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission was designed to map the structure of the lunar interior from crust to core and to advance the understanding of the Moon's thermal evolution by producing a high-quality, high-resolution map of the gravitational field of the Moon. The mission consisted of two spacecraft, which were launched in September 2011 on a Discovery-class NASA mission. Ka-band tracking between the two satellites was the single science instrument, augmented by tracking from Earth using the Deep Space Network (DSN).


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    Title :

    Global and Local Gravity Field Models of the Moon Using GRAIL Primary and Extended Mission Data



    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference


    Publication date :

    2015-03-16


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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