Site Evaluation for Laser Satellite-Tracking Stations

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Feb 1976

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SAO Special Report #371 (1976)

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Twenty-six locations for potential laser satellite-tracking stations, four of them actually already occupied in this role, have been reviewed in terms of their known local and regional geology and geophysics. Laser tracking techniques are now reaching a precision where tectonic motions of station sites can be significant. The chosen sites are scattered over the globe such that every major plate, except only for Antarctica, carries at least one site. In selecting the locations, preference has been given to shield areas stable since the early history (> 2 G. y.) of the earth. Other favorable criteria include remoteness from active plate margins or intraplate deformation zones and from recently glaciated areas and coastal margins. The station sites have been classified in a simple scheme incorporating strain-accumulation and strain-release (earthquake) risks. Fifteen of the 26 sites qualify as suitable for a stable station whose motions are likely to reflect only gross plate motion. The others, including two of the present laser station sites (Arequipa and Athens), fail to qualify unless extra monitoring schemes can be included, such as precise geodetic surveying of ground deformation. Additional to their geological and geophysical constraints, the sites are considered briefly in terms of weather and operational factors.

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