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First Geodetic Observations Using New VLBI Stations ASKAP-29 and WARK12M

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Leonid Petrov*
Affiliation:
ADNET Systems, Inc./NASA GSFC, Code 610.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Chris Phillips
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Tasso Tzioumis
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Bruce Stansby
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Cormac Reynolds
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Hayley E. Bignall
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Sergei Gulyaev
Affiliation:
Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Tim Natusch
Affiliation:
Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Neville Palmer
Affiliation:
GNS Science, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
David Collett
Affiliation:
Land Information New Zealand, 160 Lambton Quay, PO Box 5501, Wellington 6145, New Zealand
John E. Reynolds
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Shaun W. Amy
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
Randall Wayth
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Steven J. Tingay
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
*
GCorresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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We report the results of a successful 7-hour 1.4 GHz Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) experiment using two new stations, ASKAP-29 located in Western Australia and WARK12M located on the North Island of New Zealand. This was the first geodetic VLBI observing session with the participation of these new stations. We have determined the positions of ASKAP-29 and WARK12M. Random errors on position estimates are 150–200 mm for the vertical component and 40–50 mm for the horizontal component. Systematic errors caused by the unmodeled ionosphere path delay may reach 1.3 m for the vertical component.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2011

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