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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2016.44.11.1006

Development and Preliminary Performance Analysis of a fast and high precision Tracking Mount for 1m Satellite Laser Ranging  

Choi, Man-Soo (Space Science Division, Korea Astronomy Space Science Institute)
Lim, Hyung-Chul (Space Science Division, Korea Astronomy Space Science Institute)
Lee, Sang-Jung (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chung-Nam National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.44, no.11, 2016 , pp. 1006-1015 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary design and performance analysis of a fast and high precision Tracking Mount for 1m Satellite Laser Ranging(SLR) which is development by Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute(KASI). SLR is considered to be the most accurate technique currently available for the precise orbit determination of Earth satellites. The SLR technique measures the time of flight between pulses emitted from laser transmitter and pulses returned from satellites with laser retro-reflector array. It provides millimeter level precision of range measurements between SLR stations and satellites. A fast and high precision Tracking Mount for SLR which is proposed in this research should be capable of day and nighttime laser tracking about the satellites with laser reflectors from 200 km to 36,000 km altitude(geosynchronous orbit). In order to meet this requirement, we performed mechanical design and structural analysis for Tracking Mount. Also we designed the motion control system and conducted pre-performance analysis to obtain good performance results for a fast and high precision Tracking Mount.
Keywords
Satellite Laser Ranging; Tracking Mount; ARGO-F;
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