POSITION OF MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA TRACKING STATION AS DETERMINED BY ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES

Abstract

During the Antarctic summer (1964-1965) a doppler tracking station, under cognizance of the United States Antarctic Research Program, National Science Foundation, was installed at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica with equipment furnished by the U. S. Navy. Initial station coordinates were acquired by taking an average value from various sources. Since there are no known triangulation or Hiran ties from Antarctica to any existing datum in the world, it was expected that the coordinates were probably in error with respect to the APL Reference System (Heuring, 1964). This was soon verified after some passes of data were processed by our tracking programs. Herein are described the method and results of refining the position of the McMurdo Sound Doppler Tracking Site.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0633006

Entities

People

  • F. T. Heuring

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antarctica
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Doppler Systems
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Maryland
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Orbits
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Slant Range
  • Stations
  • Tracking Stations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites