Astrometric positioning and orbit determination of geostationary satellites |
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Authors: | F.J. Montojo,T. Ló pez Moratalla,C. Abad |
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Affiliation: | 1. Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada, San Fernando 11110, Cádiz, Spain;2. Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomía, Mérida 5101-A, Venezuela |
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Abstract: | In the project titled “Astrometric Positioning of Geostationary Satellite” (PASAGE), carried out by the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (ROA), optical observation techniques were developed to allow satellites to be located in the geostationary ring with angular accuracies of up to a few tenths of an arcsec. These techniques do not necessarily require the use of large telescopes or especially dark areas, and furthermore, because optical observation is a passive method, they could be directly applicable to the detection and monitoring of passive objects such as space debris in the geostationary ring. |
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Keywords: | Imaging reduction Optical observations Astrometry Geostationary satellites Orbit determination |
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