Laser ranges to the Beacon Explorer C spacecraft from a single Goddard Space Flight Center tracking system were used to determine the change in latitude of the station arising from polar motion. A precision of 0.03 arcsecs rms was obtained for the latitude during a five-month period in 1970. (Author)


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    Title :

    Polar Motion from Laser Tracking of Artificial Satellites


    Contributors:
    D. E. Smith (author) / R. Kolenkiewicz (author) / P. J. Dunn (author) / H. H. Plotkin (author) / T. S. Johnson (author)

    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Polar motion from laser tracking of artificial satellites

    Smith, D. E. / Kolenkiewicz, R. / Dunn, P. J. et al. | NTRS | 1972


    Polar motion from laser tracking of artificial satellites.

    Smith, D. E. / Kolenkiewicz, R. / Plotkin, H. H. et al. | NTRS | 1972