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Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

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Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

Summary

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System is a space instrument[1].

Key Facts

  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's image is recorded as GLAS instrument on ICESat (render).jpg[2].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's instance of is recorded as space instrument[3].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's instance of is recorded as lidar[4].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's operator is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[6].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's operator is recorded as Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics[7].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's manufacturer is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[8].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's part of is recorded as ICESat[9].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's Commons category is recorded as Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)[10].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's has part is recorded as Nd:YAG laser[12].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's has part is recorded as GPS navigation device[13].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's has part is recorded as star tracker[14].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's official website is recorded as https://attic.gsfc.nasa.gov/glas/[15].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's official website is recorded as https://www.csr.utexas.edu/glas/[16].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's sponsor is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[17].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Geoscience Laser Altimeter System'}[18].
  • Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GLAS'}[19].

Body

Geography

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System's part of is recorded as ICESat[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include space instrument[3], lidar[4], and former entity[5].

Related Entities

former entity Goddard Space Flight Center ICESat United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . csr.utexas.edu. csr.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov. icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov. icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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