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Remote sensing satellite SiCH-2 from Ukraine was launched in 2011. At present, it has stopped working and is out of control, and it has been forecasted to become space debris by a two-line root (TLE) from the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD ...
Mingliang Long +6 more
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Validation of Multi-Year Galileo Orbits Using Satellite Laser Ranging
Satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations provide an independent validation of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) orbits derived using microwave measurements.
Enzhe Tao +4 more
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Design and Development of High-Repetition-Rate Satellite Laser Ranging System [PDF]
The Accurate Ranging System for Geodetic Observation – Mobile (ARGO-M) was successfully developed as the first Korean mobile Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system in 2012, and has joined in the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) tracking network,
Eun-Jung Choi +6 more
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On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions
The laser ranging interferometer onboard the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission proved the feasibility of an interferometric sensor for inter-satellite length tracking with sub-nanometer precision, establishing an important ...
Yichao Yang +7 more
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Orbit Determination of High-Earth-Orbit Satellites by Satellite Laser Ranging [PDF]
This study presents the application of satellite laser ranging (SLR) to orbit determination (OD) of high-Earth-orbit (HEO) satellites. Two HEO satellites are considered: the Quasi-Zenith Satellite-1 (QZS-1), a Japanese elliptical-inclinedgeosynchronous ...
Hyungjik Oh +5 more
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A Tutorial on Retroreflectors and Arrays Used in Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranging
The present paper discusses the basics of retroreflector theory and the manner in which they are combined in arrays to service the laser tracking of artificial satellites and the Moon.
John J. Degnan
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Study on the Preliminary Design of ARGO-M Operation System [PDF]
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute has been developing one mobile satellite laser ranging system named as accurate ranging system for geodetic observation-mobile (ARGO-M). Preliminary design of ARGO-M operation system (AOS) which is one of the
Yoon-Kyung Seo +6 more
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Satellite Laser Ranging System at Geochang Sta
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) has been developing the space optical and laser tracking (SOLT) system for space geodesy, space situational awareness, and Korean space missions. The SOLT system comprises satellite laser ranging (SLR),
Hyung-Chul Lim +7 more
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A Raman laser system for multi-wavelength satellite laser ranging [PDF]
In order to develop a laser system for multi-wavelength satellite laser ranging, the joint group of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and the Czech Technical University has studied the conversion efficiency of the Raman-shifting beam and its spatial ...
Hamal, K +5 more
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Scientific Potential of the Geodetic Technique of Satellite Laser Ranging [PDF]
For more than half a century, the technique of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), which measures the round-trip time-of-flight of ultra-short laser pulses emitted by a station to an artifical Earth orbiter, e.g., a satellite, and back to the station, is ...
Arnold, Daniel +3 more
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