Polar Motion from Laser Tracking of Artificial Satellites

27 October 1972

journal article
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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 178 (4059) , 405-406
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.178.4059.405

Abstract

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.

Keywords

POLAR MOTION
LASER TRACKING
SPACE FLIGHT
FLIGHT CENTER
GODDARD SPACE
SINGLE LASER
ARC SECOND
SATELLITES MEASUREMENTS

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