Earth-to-geosynchronous satellite laser beam transmission.
Some experimental results for detection of a ground-based laser beacon by a geosynchronous satellite are reported. A 50-cm diam telescope and silicon intensifier tube camera were used for optical observation of the satellite. The transmitted argon laser beam was detected by the visible channel of a radiometer on board the Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellite. Two activities, (1) orbit prediction correction using optical observation and (2) detection of the earth laser beacon by the radiometer, are described.
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Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications, Radio Research Laboratories, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184, Japan.
Araki
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Hayashi
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Iwabuchi
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Takahashi
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Nakamura
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