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    Eighth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation

    Degnan, John J. | NTRS | 1993
    The Eighth International Workshop for Laser Ranging Instrumentation was held in Annapolis, Maryland in May 1992, and was sponsored by the ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Spacecraft Instrumentation

    Development of Shanghai satellite laser ranging station

    Yang, Fu-Min / Tan, De-Tong / Xiao, Chi-Kun et al. | NTRS | 1993
    ; preliminary daylight tracking capability; testing the new type of laser; and future plans. ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    Matera Laser Ranging Observatory (MLRO): An overview

    Varghese, Thomas K. / Decker, Winfield M. / Crooks, Henry A. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    variety of experiments for the future, with primary emphasis on laser ranging. Three focal planes, viz. Cassegrain, Coude, and Nasmyth will be ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    Ground based laser ranging for satellite location

    Gilbreath, G. C. / Newby, Harold D. | NTRS | 1993
    In this article, we describe a new satellite laser ranging capability which is a joint effort between the Naval Research Laboratory and Air ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Lasers And Masers

    Mars laser altimeter based on a single photon ranging technique

    Prochazka, Ivan / Hamal, Karel / Sopko, B. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    altimeter based on the single photon ranging technique. Topics covered include the following: principle of operation, altimeter construction, and ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Lasers And Masers

    The precision of today's satellite laser ranging systems

    Dunn, Peter J. / Torrence, Mark H. / Hussen, Van S. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    Recent improvements in the accuracy of modern satellite laser ranging (SLR) systems are strengthened by the new capability of many ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Spacecraft Instrumentation

    Preliminary results from the portable standard satellite laser ranging intercomparison with MOBLAS-7

    Selden, Michael / Varghese, Thomas K. / Heinick, Michael et al. | NTRS | 1993
    Conventional Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) instrumentation has been configured and successfully used to provide high-accuracy laboratory ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Spacecraft Instrumentation

    Sub-cm ranging and other improvements in Graz

    Kirchner, Georg / Koidl, Franz | NTRS | 1993
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Lasers And Masers

    The first satellite laser echoes recorded on the streak camera

    Hamal, Karel / Prochazka, Ivan / Kirchner, Georg et al. | NTRS | 1993
    The application of the streak camera with the circular sweep for the satellite laser ranging is described. The Modular Streak Camera system ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Lasers And Masers

    ETALON-1,-2 center of mass correction and array reflectivity

    Mironov, N. T. / Emetz, A. I. / Zaharov, A. N. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    Center of mass correction to be applied to measured ranges to the ETALON 1 and 2 satellites is considered. Numerical values of the ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Lasers And Masers

    Satellite laser station Helwan status 1992

    Cech, M. / Hamal, Karel / Jelinkova, Helena et al. | NTRS | 1993
    The Satellite Laser Station Helwan has been operated jointly by the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics in Helwan ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    Analysis of TOPEX laser retroreflector array characteristics

    Varghese, Thomas K. | NTRS | 1993
    initiated by the TOPEX project office (Christensen) under the auspices of the CDP/DOSE project (Degnan) at Goddard Space Flight Center. ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Spacecraft Instrumentation

    Upgrading of the Borowiec laser station

    Schillak, Stanislaw / Butkiewicz, E. / Wiktorowski, J. | NTRS | 1993
    The major upgrade at the Borowiec satellite laser ranging (SLR) station since the last workshop is the new third generation laser, which ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    Work at Graz on satellite signatures

    Kirchner, Georg / Koidl, Franz | NTRS | 1993
    The size and shape of the satellites retroreflector arrays have a major impact on the distribution and scatter of the return signal; this ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    A computer-controlled x-y offset guiding stage for the MLRS

    Shelus, Peter J. / Whipple, A. L. / Wiant, J. R. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    for the MLRS, analogous to the manual one that had been a part of the original 2.7-m lunar laser ranging system on Mt. Locke at McDonald ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Instrumentation And Photography

    The third generation SLR station Potsdam no. 7836

    Fischer, H. / Grunwaldt, Ludwig / Neubert, Reinhart | NTRS | 1993
    The new satellite laser ranging (SLR) station Potsdam has been installed during the winter of 1991/1992 in an existing dome near the old ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    WLRS

    Dassing, Reiner / Schlueter, W. / Schreiber, Ulrich | NTRS | 1993
    This status-report of the Wettzell Laser Ranging System (WLRS) gives an overview of its set up and the developments necessary to make the ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    LLR: Activities in Wettzell

    Schreiber, Ulrich / Mueller, J. / Dassing, Reiner et al. | NTRS | 1993
    Following the idea of a fundamental station, the Wettzell Laser Ranging Station was designed to range to all types of satellites and to the ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    The new MTLRS-1 receiving system

    Sperber, Peter / Hessels, U. / Motz, R. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    In this report, we are giving a detailed description of the new receiving system of the German Modular Transportable Laser Ranging System ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)

    The new MTLRS transmitting system

    Sperber, Peter / Hessels, U. / Motz, R. et al. | NTRS | 1993
    This paper presents a detailed description about the new transmitting system of the Modular Transportable Laser Ranging Systems MTLRS-1/2 ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)