****************************************************************************** dorismail 06-Nov-2007 14:59:21 Message No 0518 ****************************************************************************** Author: "H. Fagard" Subject: Equipment upgrade at Papeete (French Polynesia) Dear Colleagues, The DORIS station "Papeete", initially installed in 1995 and moved by a few hundred metres in 1998, has recently been upgraded. The transmissions from the former reference point (PAQB) stopped on October 1. The beacon is now a third generation one. The Starec antenna, supporting plate and tower, and antenna cables were changed for new ones. The antenna support is still a one-metre high, 17 cm sided metal tower located on top of a load-bearing wall of a one-storey building. The acronym for the new reference point is PATB. The transmissions from the new beacon and new antenna position started on October 2. The DOMES number for the new antenna reference point is 92201S009. The following coordinates (ITRF2000, 1997.0) for PATB result from the geodetic connection to the permanent GPS station THTI: X = -5246414.083 m Y = -3077266.782 m Z = -1913840.112 m (sigma: 3 mm) I remind you the ITRF2000 velocities for this site: VX = -0.0425 m/y VY = 0.0468 m/y VZ = 0.0291 m/y SigVX = 0.0007 m/y SigVY = 0.0008 m/y SigVZ = 0.0007 m/y 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 ====================================================================== Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr