****************************************************************************** DORIS Electronic Mail Fri Jun 5 16:45:59 WETDST 1998 Message Number 0045 ****************************************************************************** Author: Herve Fagard (IGN) Subject: DORIS station relocation in Socorro (SODB) Dear Colleagues, The DORIS station at Socorro (Mexico), which had been damaged by a hurricane in September 1997, has been fixed. The beacon, UPS and antenna have been replaced. The equipment now consists of a version 1.0 beacon and a Starec antenna, which is installed on the same tower as the former (Alcatel type) antenna. The new station started transmitting on May 20. Its DOMES number is 40503S004. The acronym in the data files for this new station is : SODB. The new DORIS antenna reference point is 0.173 m above the former antenna 's one. Therefore, the ITRF 96 coordinates at epoch 1997.0 for the new anten na reference point are : X = -2160725.470 Y = -5643017.459 Z = 2034836.974 (sigma : 1 cm) Herve Fagard =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D [Mailed From: Pascal Willis ]