The next generation of satellite laser ranging systems
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21340%2F19%3A00325584" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21340/19:00325584 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1196-1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1196-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1196-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00190-018-1196-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The next generation of satellite laser ranging systems
Original language description
Satellite laser ranging (SLR) stations in the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) global tracking network come in different shapes and sizes and were built by different institutions at different times using different technologies. In addition, those stations that have upgraded their systems and equipment are often operating a complementary mix of old and new. Such variety reduces the risk of systematic errors across all ILRS stations, and an operational advantage at one station can inform the direction and choices at another station. This paper describes the evolution of the ILRS network and the emergence of a new generation of SLR station, operating at kHz repetition rates, firing ultra-short laser pulses that are timestamped by epoch timers accurate to a few picoseconds. It discusses current trends, such as increased automation, higher repetition rate SLR and the challenges of eliminating systematic biases, and highlights possibilities in new technology. In addition to meeting the growing demand for laser tracking support from an increasing number of SLR targets, including a variety of Global Navigation Satellite Systems satellites, ILRS stations are striving to: meet the millimetre range accuracy science goals of the Global Geodetic Observing System; make laser range measurements to space debris objects in the absence of high optical cross-sectional retro-reflectors; further advances in deep space laser ranging and laser communications; and demonstrate accurate laser time transfer between continents.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LTACH17013" target="_blank" >LTACH17013: Key technologies for Time-Of-Flight sensor data processing and visualization</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Geodesy
ISSN
0949-7714
e-ISSN
1432-1394
Volume of the periodical
93
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
2227-2247
UT code for WoS article
000500408900006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85053382076