The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, successfully launched on May 22, 2018, is a joint NASA-GFZ project to continue the the objectives and data sets of the original GRACE (2002-2017) mission.

We are involved in the satellite mission Swarm of the European Space Agency (ESA), which observes the geomagnetic field since November 2013. The mission consists of three identical, low-Earth orbiting satellites and also measures ionospheric and atmospheric parameters.

The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences operates a satellite receiving station at Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (78° 55´ North, 11° 56´ East) in order to receive data from research satellites in polar orbits. The station is located about 1 km outside the village, between the local airport and the Kings Bay.

The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Station of the GFZ Potsdam has been continuously operating within the framework of the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) since January 2003.