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Very Long Baseline Interferometry Observations Using the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite as an Orbiting Radio Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. P. Linfield ,
G. S. Levy ,
J. S. Ulvestad ,
C. D. Edwards ,
J. F. Jordan Jr. ,
S. J. DiNardo ,
C. S. Christensen ,
R. A. Preston ,
L. J. Skjerve  and
L. R. Stavert
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R. P. Linfield
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
G. S. Levy
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
J. S. Ulvestad
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
C. D. Edwards
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
J. F. Jordan Jr.
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
S. J. DiNardo
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
C. S. Christensen
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
R. A. Preston
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
L. J. Skjerve
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
L. R. Stavert
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
B. F. Burke
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
A. R. Whitney
Affiliation:
Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA 01886
R. J. Cappallo
Affiliation:
Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA 01886
A. E. E. Rogers
Affiliation:
Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA 01886
K. B. Blaney
Affiliation:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
M. J. Maher
Affiliation:
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Seabrook, MD 20706
C. H. Ottenhoff
Affiliation:
TRW Space and Technology Group, Las Cruces, NM 88004
D. L. Jauncey
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
J. E. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, ACT 2606, Australia
T. Nishimura
Affiliation:
Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, 153, Japan
T. Hayashi
Affiliation:
Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, 153, Japan
T. Takano
Affiliation:
Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, 153, Japan
T. Yamada
Affiliation:
Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, 153, Japan
H. Hirabayashi
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama, 384-13, Japan
M. Morimoto
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama, 384-13, Japan
M. Inoue
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama, 384-13, Japan
M. Tokumaru
Affiliation:
Radio Research Laboratory, Kashima, 314, Japan
N. Kawaguchi
Affiliation:
Radio Research Laboratory, Kashima, 314, Japan
J. Amagai
Affiliation:
Radio Research Laboratory, Kashima, 314, Japan

Abstract

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An antenna in geostationary orbit was used for VLBI observations at 2.3 GHz, in combination with ground antennas in Australia and Japan. 23 of the 25 observed sources were detected on orbiter-ground baselines, with baseline lengths as large as 2.15 earth diameters. Brightness temperatures between 1012 K and 4 × 1012 K were measured for 10 sources.

Type
Instrumentation and Analysis
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 457 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

Levy, G. S. et al. 1986, Science, 234, 187.Google Scholar