Spin parameters of High Earth Orbiting satellites Etalon-1 and Etalon-2 determined from kHz Satellite Laser Ranging data |
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| Authors: | D Kucharski G Kirchner H-C Lim F Koidl |
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| Institution: | 1. Space Science Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 776, Daedeok-Daero, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-348, Republic of Korea;2. Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lustbuehelstrasse 46, A-8042 Graz, Austria |
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| Abstract: | The high repetition rate Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system developed in Graz, Austria, measures ranges to the High Earth Orbiting satellites Etalon-1 and Etalon-2 with the millimeter accuracy. The 2 kHz repetition rate of the laser and the relatively high return rates allow to use the SLR data to calculate the spin parameters of the Etalon satellites. The analysis of the 10 years (October 2003–September 2013) of the SLR data gives trends of the spin axes orientation (J2000 Inertial Reference Frame): |
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| Keywords: | Satellite Laser Ranging Etalon Satellite spin Frequency analysis |
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