****************************************************************************** DORIS Electronic Mail Mon Feb 23 16:41:19 WET 1998 Message Number 0034 ****************************************************************************** Author: Herve Fagard (IGN) Subject: Fortuitous displacement of the antenna at Socorro Dear Colleagues, The antenna support at Socorro was damaged by the hurricane "Nora" on September 22, 1997, therefore the antenna reference point is likely to have moved. We have been notified of this only in December, and we have been trying since then to get additionnal information about the damage and the scale of the displacement. We therefore recommend to the users of the DORIS data to use cautiously the data from the station SODA as of September 22, 1997. On the other hand, this station stopped transmitting on November 5 because of a failure of the beacon. This station (beacon + antenna) needs to be fixed, which may take a few months because of the anticipated delay for the customs clearance of the new equipment and the difficult access to the site. Best regards, Herve Fagard ====================================================================== Herve FAGARD e-mail : herve.fagard@ign.fr Institut Geographique National 94165 SAINT-MANDE CEDEX PHONE : + 33 1 43 98 81 48 FRANCE FAX : + 33 1 43 98 84 50 ====================================================================== [Mailed From: Pascal Willis ]