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Current status and future prospects of the technology of laser tracking of satellites
K. Hamal
Abstract:
A brief historical account is given of laser tracking of satellites, requirements to be satisfied by laser tracking stations are formulated, and laser radar (lidar) systems deployed by the Smithsonian Observatory, NASA, and Interkosmos are described.
Received: 06.02.1978
Citation:
K. Hamal, “Current status and future prospects of the technology of laser tracking of satellites”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 5:11 (1978), 2428–2435 [Sov J Quantum Electron, 8:11 (1978), 1362–1366]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe11268 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v5/i11/p2428
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