Between 1968 and 1974, he promoted the first intercontinental network of satellite geodesy.

Satellite geodesy began shortly after the launch of Sputnik in 1957.

Established in 1970, it has three branches dealing with experimental space research, extraterrestrial physics an satellite geodesy.

Nowadays geodetic networks and satellite geodesy are used.

The main goals of satellite geodesy are:

Determination of Earth's gravity field and geoid (dynamical satellite geodesy)

Nowadays, the method is replaced by worldwide geodetic networks and by satellite geodesy.

As a result, the elevations in the data are referenced to the geoid, a surface that is not readily found using satellite geodesy.

Satellite geodesy using the stellar background (see also astrometry and cosmic triangulation)

Satellite geodesy relies heavily on orbital mechanics.

Determination of the figure of the Earth, positioning, and navigation (geometric satellite geodesy)

Satellite geodesy with Echo 1 and 2 was able to fulfill all expectations not only for the planned 2-3 years, but for nearly 10 years.

Pageos was specially launched for the "global network of satellite geodesy", which occupied about 20 full-time observing teams all over the world until 1973.

The latest determinations use astro-geodetic measurements and the methods of satellite geodesy to determine the reference ellipsoids.

The HWB method is a "must" in Satellite Geodesy and similar large problems.

In 1958/59, Ledersteger was the first geodesist in Central Europe who published on the future fields of satellite geodesy.

Traditional astronomical geodesy is not commonly considered a part of satellite geodesy, although there is considerable overlap between the techniques.

G. Seeber: Satellite Geodesy.

Every reference ellipsoid deviates from the worldwide data (e.g. of satellite geodesy) in the same way as the pioneering work of Bessel.

In the 1980s and 1990s satellite geodesy began to be used for monitoring of geodynamic phenomena, such as crustal motion, Earth rotation, and polar motion.

A geodetic network is a network of triangles which are measured exactly by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy.

The LARES satellite may also be used for measurements in the fields of geodynamics and satellite geodesy.

Chair of Satellite Geodesy and Navigation (KGSiN)

As satellite geodesy and remote sensing technology reached high precision and were made available for civilian applications, it became feasible to acquire information referred to a single global ellipsoid.

Despite the use of spacecraft, small networks for cadastral and technical projects are mainly measured terrestrially, but in many cases incorporated in national and global networks by satellite geodesy.