The goal of this study program is to develop plans for a future planetary geodesy measurement protocol that would improve the state of the art for planetary ranging by up to three orders of magnitude, using a triad of spacecraft with laser communications deployed in orbit around Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Watch Prof. Christian Frankenberg (Caltech/JPL) as he outlines the mission concepts, how the team got there and paths forward for the proposed mission.
This talk was recorded on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Caltech and is available on YouTube.
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Congratulations to our amazing KISS affiliates who graduated this year - let's meet some of the Class of 2025!
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Acknowledgement was made to participants in the KISS 2023 -24 Blazing Paths to Observing Stellar and Exoplanet Particle Environments study program for their valuable feedback in the paper "First direct observations of atmospheric sputtering at Mars".
Read now »The final report for the KISS symposium Capturing an Opportunity at Apophis is now published. Read more about the team's recommendations as Apophis approaches for a close Earth flyby in 2029.
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