IAF'76 The LAGEOS Satellite, October 10-16, 1976

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.

Dates

Creation: October 10-16, 1976

Creator

From the Collection: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.5 Linear feet (2 boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

The fundamental concept of Lageos is a long lived, dense, electrically and mechanically inert spherica satellite with its surface speckled wiht retroflecting cube corners, designed such that range measurements between duly equipped laser ground stations and the satellite are possible with an ultimate accuracey of 2 cm averaged.The Lageos concept requires that the satellite be placed in an orbit for which an ephemeris can be determined ultimately to a 5 cm rms uncertainty for a 24-hour arc.