2.5a - A laser satellite ranging system - Part I: Equipment description
- 1 November 1967
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Vol. 3 (11) , 435-439
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.1967.1074409
Abstract
A laser tracking system has been used to track three satellites equipped with retroreflectors. An rms scatter of one to two meters derived from 200-200 observations per pass agrees with the expected instrumental precision.Keywords
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