Description of Mission

On-board Components

The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite consists of two major components built by the Fairchild Space System Division (FSSD): the satellite bus and the instrument module.

• Satellite Bus (Multimission Modular Spacecraft or Multimission Platform)
• Instrument Module

• Scientific Goals of TOPEX/Poseidon
• TOPEX/Poseidon Vital Statistics
• Attitude Control
• Communication Link
• Measurement System
• Precision Orbit Determination
• Orbit Maintenance

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Masaharu Suzuki
The University of Texas at Austin

Last Modified: Wed Feb 11, 1999 CSR/TSGC Team Web