Contributions to reference systems from Lunar Laser Ranging using the IfE analysis model
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DOI: 10.1007/s00190-018-1109-3
Abstract: Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) provides various quantities related to reference frames like Earth orientation parameters, coordinates and velocities of ground stations in the Earth-fixed frame and selenocentric coordinates of the lunar retro-reflectors. This paper presents… read more here.
Keywords: contributions reference; analysis; reference systems; lunar laser ... See more keywords
Multi-GNSS orbit determination using satellite laser ranging
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DOI: 10.1007/s00190-018-1143-1
Abstract: Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, and NavIC are emerging global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) and regional navigation satellite systems all of which are equipped with laser retroreflector arrays for range measurements. This paper summarizes the GNSS-intensive tracking… read more here.
Keywords: orbit determination; multi gnss; laser ranging; day ... See more keywords
Assessment of the impact of one-way laser ranging on orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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DOI: 10.1007/s00190-018-1200-9
Abstract: From June 2009 to September 2014, ten stations of the International Laser Ranging Service acquired more than 5000 h of one-way ranging data to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The LRO campaign was intended to… read more here.
Keywords: laser; determination; lro; one way ... See more keywords
Spin motion determination of the Envisat satellite through laser ranging measurements from a single pass measured by a single station
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.11.035
Abstract: Abstract The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) technology is used to accurately determine the position of space objects equipped with so-called retro-reflectors or retro-reflector arrays (RRA). This type of measurement allows to measure the range to… read more here.
Keywords: laser ranging; satellite laser; motion; spin motion ... See more keywords
Characteristics of GOCE orbits based on Satellite Laser Ranging
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.033
Abstract: Abstract The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) was the first European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer core mission. Through its extremely low, about 260 km above the Earth, circular, sun-synchronous orbit, the satellite… read more here.
Keywords: satellite laser; reduced dynamic; laser ranging; slr ... See more keywords
The progress of laser ranging technology at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geog.2019.06.004
Abstract: Abstract As an important station of International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) has upgraded Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system with high repetition rate and achieved some technological progress. There are a lot… read more here.
Keywords: ranging technology; astronomical observatory; laser ranging; laser ... See more keywords
Recent Progress in Lunar Laser Ranging at Grasse Laser Ranging Station
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ea000785
Abstract: Based on a fully passive space segment, the lunar laser ranging experiment is the last of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package to operate. Observations from the Grasse lunar laser ranging station have been made… read more here.
Keywords: lunar laser; ranging station; grasse laser; laser ranging ... See more keywords
Daylight space debris laser ranging
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17332-z
Abstract: Satellite laser ranging allows to measure distances to satellites equipped with retroreflectors in orbits up to 36000 km. Utilizing a higher powered laser, space debris laser ranging detects diffuse reflections from defunct satellites or rocket… read more here.
Keywords: laser ranging; debris laser; space debris;
High-speed photon-counting laser ranging for broad range of distances
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22675-1
Abstract: We demonstrate a high-speed photon-counting laser ranging system with laser pulses of multiple repetition rates to extend the unambiguous range. In the experiment, the laser pulses of three different repetition rates around 10 MHz were employed… read more here.
Keywords: laser; range; counting laser; laser ranging ... See more keywords
Manufacture of a hollow corner cube retroreflector for next generation of lunar laser ranging
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DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/18/11/136
Abstract: Lunar laser ranging has made significant contributions to the study of gravitational physics and the Earth-Moon system. The best results for fundamental gravitational experiments have been achieved using lunar laser ranging data accumulated so far.… read more here.
Keywords: cube retroreflector; laser; corner cube; lunar laser ... See more keywords
Lunar laser ranging constraints on nonminimally coupled dark energy and standard sirens
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.100.043510
Abstract: In dark energy models where a scalar field $\phi$ is coupled to the Ricci scalar $R$ of the form $e^{-2Q (\phi-\phi_0)/M_{\rm pl}}R$, where $Q$ is a coupling constant, $\phi_0$ is today's value of $\phi$, and… read more here.
Keywords: lunar laser; dark energy; phi; laser ranging ... See more keywords