Russian radar ranging of planets (1962-1995)


    Observation data to which modern planetary ephemerides can be adjusted
    Date is time of signal emission!, as contrasted to American radar ranging
     where date is time of signal reception.

                                    Frequensy is 769.42875 MHz  1962-1986
                                              5010.024 MHz  1988-1995

                            Coordinates of stations in Eupatoria, Crimea

                                       Spin-Axis        East Longitude        Z-Height
                                                 km                degrees                   km

                        station  8   +4504.198165     +33.2527222   +4500.751416
                        station  9   +4500.234786     +33.1712222   +4504.698850
                        station 10  +4502.724878     +33.1884278   +4502.245050
 

Observational Data to which DE/LE ephemerides are adjusted http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/plan-eph-data/index.html
This page is supplied by Elena Pitjeva; please send commentaries to:evp@quasar.ipa.nw.ru


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