By measuring Earth’s gravity in detail, MAGIC would yield new information on the amount of water in oceans, ice sheets, glaciers, near-surface and – uniquely among all space sensing technology – also underground. Most importantly, it would measure how this water shifts over time. The MAGIC satellite mission concept is being investigated under ESA’s Earth Observation core research and development programme, FutureEO, in cooperation with NASA. This joint mission, which would be a constellation of satellites, would measure gravity variations and monitor mass transport.
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