LAGEOS-1, -2: Array Offset Information
Center of Mass Information:
ref: Otsubo and Appleby, "System-dependent centre-of-mass correction for spherical geodetic satellites" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, B4, 2201, doi:10.1029/2002JB002209, 2003.
The standard LAGEOS center-of-mass correction is 251 mm
correction for
single photon systems
edit level of npt when npt formed |
com (mm) |
---|---|
none | 242 |
3.0 | 245 |
2.5 | 247 |
2.0 | 250 |
correction for
C-SPAD (mm)
FWHM pulse width (ps) |
edit level of npt when npt formed |
ave. num detected photons | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.1 | 1 | 10 | 100 | ||
1 |
3.0 | 245 | 249 | 256 | 257 |
2.5 | 247 | 250 | 256 | 257 | |
2.0 | 250 | 251 | 256 | 257 | |
100 |
3.0 | 245 | 247 | 251 | 252 |
2.5 | 246 | 248 | 251 | 252 | |
2.0 | 249 | 249 | 251 | 252 |
correction for
leading-edge-half
maximum systems (mm)
FWHM pulse width (ps) | com (mm) |
---|---|
1 | 256 |
100 | 252 |
300 | 248 |
1000 | 244 |
3000 | 243 |
A convenient way to calculate appropriate CoM corrections for this satellite for any station is provided here.
Also see Arnold, David A., "Optical and Infrared Transfer Function of the LAGEOS Retroreflector Array", Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, May 1978.