Creation of the new industry-standard space test of laser retroreflectors for the GNSS and LAGEOS

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 822-842

  Dell'Agnello, S ^a   Delle Monache, G O ^a   Currie, D G ^b   Vittori, R ^c,d   Cantone, C ^a   Garattini, M ^a   Boni, A ^a   Martini, M ^a   Lops, C ^a   Intaglietta, N ^a   Tauraso, R ^a,e   Arnold, D A ^f   Pearlman, M R ^f   Bianco, G ^g   Zerbini, S ^h   Maiello, M ^a   Berardi, S ^a   Porcelli, L ^a   Alley, C O ^b   McGarry, J F ⁱ   Sciarretta, C ^g   Luceri, V ^g   Zagwodzki, T W ⁱ   more..

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g ASI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galileo; GPS; Industry standard; LAGEOS; Laser retroreflectors; New space test; SLR

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOUNTINGS; NASA; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE FLIGHT; TRACKING (POSITION);

GALILEO; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; LAGEOS; RETRO-REFLECTORS; SPACE TESTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79951812893     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Z. Altamimi, X. Collilieux, and J. Legrand ITRF2005, a new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame based on time series of station positions and Earth orientation parameters J. Geophys. Res. 112 B9 2007 B09401
2. Arnold, D.A. Uncoated cubes for GNSS satellites, in: International Technical Laser Workshop on SLR Tracking of GNSS Constellations, Metsovo, Greece, 2009.
3. J. Battat, T.W. Murphy, and E.G. Adelberger The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO): two years of millimeter-precision measurements of the earth-moon range PASP 121 875 2009 29 40
4. P.L. Bender, D.G. Currie, R.H. Dicke, D.H. Eckhardt, J.E. Faller, W.M. Kaula, J.D. Mulholland, H.H. Plotkin, S.K. Poultney, E.C. Silverberg, D.T. Wilkinson, J.G. Williams, and C.O. Alley The lunar laser ranging experiment Science 182 4109 1973 229 238
5. S. Bian, J. Jin, and Z. Fang The Beidou satellite positioning system and its positioning accuracy Navigation 52 3 2005 123 130
6. Boni, A., Cantone, C., Dell'Agnello, S., Delle Monache, G.O., Garattini, M., Intaglietta, N., Lops, C., Martini, M., Porcelli, L. Optical far field diffraction pattern test of laser retroreflectors for space applications in air and isothermal conditions at INFN-LNF. INFN-LNF Report LNF-08/26(IR), 2008.
7. A. Bosco, C. Cantone, S. Dell'Agnello, and G.O. Delle Monache Probing gravity in NEOs with high-accuracy laser-ranged test masses Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 16 12A 2007 2271 2285
8. Degnan, J.J. Millimeter Accuracy Satellite Laser Ranging: A Review, Contribution of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics: Technology Geodynamics Series, vol. 25, AGU Washington, 1993.
9. Dell'Agnello, S., Currie, D.G., Delle Monache, G.O., Murphy, T.W., et al. A lunar laser ranging retroreflector array for NASA's manned landings, the international lunar network and the proposed ASI lunar mission MAGIA, in: 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Poznan, Poland, 2008.
10. Dell'Agnello, S., Delle Monache, G.O., Currie, D.G., Vittori, R., et al. SCF-Test of laser retroreflector arrays for next GNSS constellations, in: International Technical Laser Workshop on SLR Tracking of GNSS Constellations, Metsovo, Greece, 2009.
11. W.R. Dick, and B. Richter The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) André Heck, Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 310) vol. 5 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht Boston, London 159 168
12. J.M. Dow, R.E. Neilan, and C. Rizos The International GNSS service in a changing landscape of global navigation satellite systems J. Geod. 83 2009 191 198 10.1007/s00190-008-0300-3
13. M. Falcone, D. Navarro-Reyes, J. Hahn, M. Otten, R. Piriz, and M.R. Pearlman GIOVE's Track GPS World 2006 34
14. Fumin, Y., Wanzhen, C., Yuanming, W., Pu, L. Laser retroreflector arrays on the COMPASS satellites, in: Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Poznan, Poland, 2008.
15. Geodesist's Handbook, Bulletin Geodesique, vol. 66, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 1992.
16. M.R. Pearlman, J.J. Degnan, and J.M. Bosworth The international laser ranging service Adv. Space Res. 30 2 2002 135 143 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00277-6 (Pubitemid 34854001)
17. Pearlman, M.R., Technological challenges of SLR tracking of GNSS constellations, in: International Technical Laser Workshop on SLR Tracking of GNSS Constellations, Metsovo, Greece, 2009.
18. Plag, H.-P., Pearlman, M.R. (Eds.), The Global Geodetic Observing System: Meeting the Requirements of a Global Society on a Changing Planet in 2020, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
19. W. Schlüter, and D. Behrend The International VLBI Service for geodesy and astrometry (IVS): current capabilities and future prospects J. Geod. 81 2007 379 387 10.1007/s00190-006-0131-z (Pubitemid 46881688)
20. R. Weber, and T.A. Springer The international GLONASS experiment, products, progress and prospects J. Geod. 75 11 2001 559 568 (Pubitemid 34002427)
21. J.G. Williams, S.G. Turyshev, D.H. Boggs, and J.T. Ratcliff Lunar laser ranging science: gravitational physics and lunar interior and geodesy Adv. Space Res. 37 1 2006 67 71 (Pubitemid 43289254)
22. P. Willis, G. Beutler, and W. Gurtner IGEX, international GLONASS experiment scientific objectives and preparation Adv. Space Res. 23 4 1999 659 663 (Pubitemid 29429309)
23. P. Willis, H. Fagard, and P. Ferrage The international DORIS service (IDS): toward maturity Adv. Space Res. 45 2010 1408 1420