Measurements of the range to the Beacon Explorer C spacecraft from a single laser tracking system at Goddard Space Flight Center have been used to determine the change in latitude of the station arising from polar motion. A precision of 0.03 arc second was obtained for the latitude during a 5-month period in 1970.


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    Title :

    Polar motion from laser tracking of artificial satellites.


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Science ; 178


    Publication date :

    1972-10-27


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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    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

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



    Polar motion and earth tides from laser tracking

    Kolenkiewicz, R. / Smith, D. E. / Rubincam, D. P. et al. | NTRS | 1977