Station report on the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 1.2 meter telescope facility

Details Station report on the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 1.2 meter telescope facility Station report on the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 1.2 meter telescope facility

Jun 1993

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In its Eighth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation 8 p (SEE N94-15552 03-19)

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Ground Stations, Laser Range Finders, Optical Tracking, Rangefinding, Satellite Instruments, Satellite Tracking, Streak Cameras, Telescopes, Tracking Stations, Atmospheric Refraction, Controllers, Geodynamics, Helioseismology, Photonics, Tectonics, Unix (Operating System)

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The 1.2 meter telescope system was built for the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in 1973-74 by the Kollmorgen Corporation as a highly accurate tracking telescope. The telescope is an azimuth-elevation mounted six mirror Coude system. The facility has been used for a wide range of experimentation including helioseismology, two color refractometry, lunar laser ranging, satellite laser ranging, visual tracking of rocket launches, and most recently satellite and aircraft streak camera work. The telescope is a multi-user facility housed in a two story dome with the telescope located on the second floor above the experimenter's area. Up to six experiments can be accommodated at a given time, with actual use of the telescope being determined by the location of the final Coude mirror. The telescope facility is currently one of the primary test sites for the Crustal Dynamics Network's new UNIX based telescope controller software, and is also the site of the joint Crustal Dynamics Project / Photonics Branch two color research into atmospheric refraction.

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