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The Geodetic Reference Antenna in Space (GRASP): A Mission to Enhance the Terrestrial Reference Frame Yoaz Bar-Sever1, R. Steven Nerem2, and the GRASP Team
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory University of Colorado, Boulder

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Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) and GRASP
· TRF is fundamental to all areas of geophysics TRF · TRF are currently determined by 4 space-ground geodetic techniques: - GPS/GNSS - DORIS - SLR - VLBI · However, geophysics is now limited by accuracy of TRF and how well different geodetic techniques can be tied together: · Antenna phase center errors · Ground site ties between co-located techniques · Need to improve TRF accuracy and technique ties to answer key geophysics science questions
S a te l l i te Collocation
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· Best way to do this is to use a space-based Terrestrial geodetic `super-site' GRASP that co-locates GNSS, Collocation DORIS, SLR, and VLBI sensors on a stable well2 modeled platform above the atmosphere


Key Science Goals
· Meet GGOS goals for the TRF: ~1 mm accuracy, 0.1 mm/yr stability · Enable the accurate dissemination of the TRF with GNSS and DORIS to any location on Earth and low Earth orbit · Calibrate the transmit antennas of all GNSS satellites relative to a single, wellcharacterizes reference antenna in space · Measure the long-wavelength variability in the Earth gravity field that are either not observed (degree 1) or poorly observed (J2) by GRACE · Reinterpret satellite altimetry and tide gauge records to determine global mean sea level rise relative to the GRASP-based TRF ­ how is sea level accelerating

TRF errors readily manifest as spurious sea level rise accelerations
Left: ITRF2005
(based on Church and White, 2011)

Right: ITRF2000
(simulated into the Church and White records)
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Published GPS Antenna Offsets Proven Incorrect

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Published GLONASS Antenna Offsets Proven Incorrect

From Schmid et al., 2006
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The Most Complete Geodesy Mission
Collocate all the geodetic technique on a supremely calibrated satellite · Use as reference for all GNSS antennas (space and ground) · Determine ground collocation at arbitrary baselines GRASP enhances science from past and future Earth science missions; ~30 year impact from a 3 year mission

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The GRASP Spacecraft
Orbit: 850x1350 Sun-synch Collocate sensors and CM to 1 mm 1 mm orbit determination 3 years lifetime

GNSS Payload Antenna GNSS/DORIS Payload Electronics

Star 6B De-orbit SRM

1.15 m2 Solar Panel VLBI Payload Electronics LRA Payload DORIS Antenna
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VLBI Payload Antennas


Novel Instruments on GRASP
DORIS: New receiver capability incorporated into the JPL's TriG GNSS receiver (next generation BlackJack, with GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo all-in-view capability) · DORIS phase measurements from up to 7 beacons · Common time tags with GNSS measurements · CNES already provided ICD; may ultimately contribute the standard DORIS receiver VLBI Tone Transmitter (VTT): A new instrument with heritage in several GRAIL subsystems · Signal is compliant with NTIA regulations while compatible with both present-day VLBI and VLBI2010 · High precision ionospheric-free observables (1-, 1-sec) 0.2 mm pseudorange (1 sec) 0.01 mm phase (1 sec) · JPL will write ground software to extract Level-1 (phase and pseudorange) observables from the broadband VLBI data; publish in RINEX-like format
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Well Reviewed Mission Concept
With the formal support of the entire international geodetic community, the GRASP mission was proposed to NASA in September 2011 in response to the Venture II mission call. · Prof. R. Steven Nerem, PI · Dr. Yoaz Bar-Sever, Project Scientist · A large international Science Team

GRASP was ranked second out of 19 submitted proposals

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Next Step: Looking for Partnerships
· We have a well-reviewed, complete mission concept · We have a very strong and broad support from the geodetic community · We have a broad base international scientific and technical leadership · We aim to unify and calibrate all GNSS to enhance science interoperability · We have an open data policy

We are soliciting partnerships with agencies that are able to provide cost sharing or in-kind services, for example: · Launch services · Payload components · Bus · Ground system Estimated total mission cost: $150M over 6 years.
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