The ESA Genesis Mission: Tasks and Challenges for the Scientific Community
摘要
The Genesis mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be launched in 2028, connecting instruments from all space geodetic techniques on a satellite. This space-tie is dedicated to the improvement of the terrestrial reference frame. While details of the instrumentation and calibration are covered by ESA and its working groups, there are many tasks and challenges for the scientific community. In this paper, we describe the space-tie on the satellite with its links to the space geodetic techniques in a generic way, leading to the discussion of the challenges and tasks for the scientific community. The latter plays an essential role in the successful realization of the mission.