****************************************************************************** DORIS Electronic Mail Thu Aug 5 10:17:54 WETDST 1999 Message Number 0078 ****************************************************************************** Author: Herve Fagard (IGN) Subject: Station upgrade at Ny-Alesund (Svalbard, Norway) Dear Colleagues, The DORIS station at Ny-Alesund (SPIA), which had stopped transmitting in March 1999 because of a failure of the beacon, has been completely renovated last week. It consists now of a version 2 beacon and a Starec antenna, and started transmitting on July 29, 1999. The acronym in the data files for the new antenna will be "SPIB". The DOMES number for the antenna reference point is 10317S004. Its ITRF 97 (epoch 1997.0) coordinates are (sigma = 1 cm) : X = 1202794.026 m Y = 254163.106 m Z = 6237609.563 m 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 ]