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Site evaluation for laser satellite-tracking stationsTwenty-six locations for potential laser satellite-tracking stations, four of them actually already occupied in this role, are reviewed in terms of their known local and regional geology and geophysics. The sites are also considered briefly in terms of weather and operational factors. Fifteen of the sites qualify as suitable for a stable station whose motions are likely to reflect only gross plate motion. The others, including two of the present laser station sites (Arequipa and Athens), fail to qualify unless extra monitoring schemes can be included, such as precise geodetic surveying of ground deformation.
Document ID
19760011108
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Mao, N. H. (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Mohr, P. A. (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
February 6, 1976
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Report/Patent Number
SAO-SPECIAL-REPT-371
NASA-CR-146427
Accession Number
76N18196
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-09-015-002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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