Determination of interstation baselines by satellite laser ranging scalar translocation
Abstract
Laser ranging data to satellites are analyzed by a scalar translocation method. This method uses short, overlapping arcs of laser data from two stations to determine interstation distances. Translocation is described and its 'strengths' identified. Selected sets of data taken between 1967 and 1976 are analyzed. The results are compared with recent comprehensive solutions. Translocation gives decimeter baselines with fewer than 80 passes of data, even using data with one meter accuracy.
- Publication:
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Annales Geophysicae
- Pub Date:
- October 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983AnGeo...1..307G
- Keywords:
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- Celestial Geodesy;
- Laser Range Finders;
- Satellite Tracking;
- Scalars;
- Triangulation;
- Ground Stations;
- Spacecraft Trajectories