The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) is Germany's national research center for Earth sciences. GFZ is involved in developing, manufacturing, operating, and analyzing geoscientific satellite missions and systems. They operate a Satellite Receiving Station and a Satellite Laser Ranging Station and partner with organizations like NASA and ESA in missions such as GRACE and Swarm. GFZ's activities include monitoring Earth's gravity field changes, mass redistribution, and geomagnetic field, providing valuable data for research, industry, and authorities.
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The 2018-05-21 mission will carry five Iridium Next satellites and will be a rideshare with GRACE-FO, an Earth science mission developed by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences.