The fundamental concept of Lageos is a long-lived, dense, electrically and mechanically inert spherical satellite with its surface speckled with retroreflecting cube corners, designed such that range measurements between duly equipped laser ground stations and the satellite are possible with an ultimate accuracy of 2 cm when data from a single satellite pass are appropriately averaged. The Lageos concept requires that the satellite be placed in an orbit for which an ephemeris can be determined ultimately to 5 cm rms uncertainty for a 24-hour arc. These required satellite characteristics should allow the several geodynamic motions experienced by ground stations to be determined typically with 2 cm accuracy.
The Lageos satellite
International Astronautical Congress ; 1976 ; Anaheim, CA
1976-10-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
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