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The science requirements on future gravity satellite missions, following from the previous contributions of this issue, are summarized and visualized in terms of spatial scales, temporal behaviour and accuracy. This summary serves the identification of four classes of future satellite mission of potential interest: high-altitude monitoring, satellite-to-satellite tracking, gradiometry, and formation flights. Within each class several variants are defined. The gravity recovery performance of each of these ideal missions is simulated. Despite some simplifying assumptions, these error simulations result in guidelines as to which type of mission fulfils which requirements best.
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Sneeuw, N., Flury, J., Rummel, R. (2005). Science Requirements On Future Missions And Simulated Mission Scenarios. In: Flury, J., Rummel, R. (eds) Future Satellite Gravimetry and Earth Dynamics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33185-9_10
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