Satellite laser ranging and precise geodesy.

Local Geodesy by Satellite Laser Ranging: a European Solution

Errors in the modelling the satellite orbit have so far limited the accuracy in the processing of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data. A new method is proposed to achieve a residual size consistent with the observational errors, and a stability of the geode-tic network coordinates at the same level. The orbit of the geodetic satellite LAGEOS is decomposed into very short arcs (less than half orb...

Potential Capabilities of Lunar Laser Ranging for Geodesy and Relativity

Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), which has been carried out for more than 35 years, is used to determine many parameters within the Earth-Moon system. This includes coordinates of terrestrial ranging stations and that of lunar retro-reflectors, as well as lunar orbit, gravity field, and its tidal acceleration. LLR data analysis also performs a number of gravitational physics experiments such as test ...

Lunar Laser Ranging Contributions to Relativity and Geodesy

Lunar laser ranging (LLR) is used to conduct high-precision measurements of ranges between an observatory on Earth and a laser retro-reflector on the lunar surface. Over the years, LLR has benefited from a number of improvements both in observing technology and data modeling, which led to the current accuracy of post-fit residuals of ∼ 2 cm. Today LLR is a primary technique to study the dynamic...

Satellite Laser Ranging and General Relativity

Satellite Laser Ranging and General Relativity