Presentation 2004-12-17
Optical Monitoring and Orbit Determination of Geosynchronous Satellites Using Small Telescope
Toshihiro KUBO-OKA, Masaaki TAKAHASHI,
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Abstract(in English) Optical observation of geosynchronous satellites using portable system was performed in Kashima Space Research Center. This portable system consists of refracting telescope, CCD camera, and equatorial mount. Two refracting telescopes with different aperture, D=10cm and 6cm, were tested. In both cases, geosynchronous satellites were able to be detected. Moreover, right ascension and declination of geosynchronous satellite has been obtained from the pictures taken by 10cm refrator. Their accuracies are order of 1/1000 [deg], which is the same order as that of a large-sized (D=35cm) system. Therefore, the data acquired by the portable system can be applied for orbital determination of geosynchronous satellites.
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Keyword(in English) Geosynchronous Satellite / Orbit Determination / Optical Observation
Paper # SANE2004-64,SAT2004-152
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Conference Date 2004/12/10(1days)
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Title (in English) Optical Monitoring and Orbit Determination of Geosynchronous Satellites Using Small Telescope
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Keyword(1) Geosynchronous Satellite
Keyword(2) Orbit Determination
Keyword(3) Optical Observation
1st Author's Name Toshihiro KUBO-OKA
1st Author's Affiliation Kashima Space Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology()
2nd Author's Name Masaaki TAKAHASHI
2nd Author's Affiliation Kashima Space Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Date 2004-12-17
Paper # SANE2004-64,SAT2004-152
Volume (vol) vol.104
Number (no) 531
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 5
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