上海天文台亚厘米级单次测距精度的卫星激光测距试验

2001年8月, 中国科学院上海天文台与捷克技术大学合作在上海天文台进行了亚厘米级单次测距精度的卫星激光测距试验. 采用皮秒事件计时器作为激光往返脉冲的时间间隔测量仪器, 配合原有的发射和接收系统, 对Lageos-1, 2, Starlette, Stella, Topex和ERS-2等卫星进行了测距试验. 分析表明: 对这些卫星的单次测距精度达到了7~8 mm. 为了对比, 原有的测距系统同时对这些卫星进行了测量, 单次测距精度为12~15 mm. 表明新测距系统的测量精度比原有系统提高了约80%. 同时还对原有测距系统的系统偏差进行了检测.     

Satellite laser ranging experiment with sub-centimeter single-shot ranging precision at Shanghai Observatory

The Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, incollaboration with the Czech Technical University, carried out the experiment of satellite laser ranging with sub-centimeter precision in Shanghai in August 2001. A pico-second event timer was used for the measurement of the time interval between the transmitted and returned laser pulses for Lageos 1, 2, Starlette, Stella, Topex/Poseiden and ERS-2 in coordination with the existing laser transmitting and receiving system at the Shanghai Observatory. The analysis of the measurement showed that the single-shot ranging precision with these satellites is 7-8 mm. In order to compare ranging precision, the existing ranging system has tracked simultaneously these satellites and obtained the ranging precision of 12-15 mm. It means that the ranging precision with the new system is 80% better thanthe existing system. The systematic biases with the existing system have also been checked in the experiment.