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AGU: Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth

 

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  • Geodesy and Gravity: Satellite orbits
  • Geodesy and Gravity: Instruments and techniques
  • Geodesy and Gravity: Terrestrial reference systems
  • Geodesy and Gravity: Geopotential theory and determination
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System-dependent center-of-mass correction for spherical geodetic satellites

Toshimichi Otsubo

Communications Research Laboratory, Japan

Graham M. Appleby

NERC Space Geodesy Facility, United Kingdom

The temporal spread of optical pulse signals due to reflection from multiple onboard reflectors is now a critical problem in satellite laser ranging. The full rate residual profile of single-photon laser ranging can be used to model the response function of geodetic satellites, resolving the uncertainty of far-field diffraction. We constructed the response function model for three types of laser ranging targets already in Earth orbit, the LAGEOS, AJISAI, and ETALON satellites. The center-of-mass correction depends on the ranging system and observation policy at terrestrial stations and varies about 1 cm for LAGEOS and 5 cm for AJISAI and ETALON.

Published 17 April 2003.

Citation: Otsubo, T., and G. M. Appleby (2003), System-dependent center-of-mass correction for spherical geodetic satellites, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B4), 2201, doi:10.1029/2002JB002209.

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