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Space geodesy

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Space geodesy

Space geodesy is geodesy by means of sources external to Earth, mainly artificial satellites (in satellite geodesy) but also quasars (in very-long-baseline interferometry, VLBI) and the retroreflectors on the Moon (in lunar laser ranging, LLR).

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Space geodesy Wikipedia