****************************************************************************** dorismail 09-Jun-2011 15:47:27 Message No 0755 ****************************************************************************** Author: "Jerome SAUNIER" Subject: Network/ station renovation at Kourou #### BEGIN HEADER #### DORISMail version 1.1 Subject: No 0755 : Network/ new point KOUROU #### END HEADER #### Dear colleagues, The antenna of the DORIS station "Kourou" (French Guiana), installed in 1992, has been replaced and moved to a new support in compliance with the current system requirements in order to improve its stability. The antenna is now supported by a 2 meters high, 30 cm sided very rigid metal tower, standing on the terrace roof of the building. This new location is about 3 meters away from the former one. The former antenna was removed on February 21st, 2011. Please find below the installation characteristics and the coordinates of the new reference point resulting from the geodetic connection to the former antenna KRVB: Concerned site: #### BEGIN SITE #### Site name : KOUROU #### Site DOMES number : 97301 #### #### END SITE #### Characteristics of the new point: #### BEGIN STATION #### Four character ID : KRWB #### Antenna model : Starec 52291 type #### Station DOMES number : 97301S006 #### Date installed (dd/mm/yyyy) : 24/02/2011 #### Antenna support type : 2m high very rigid metal tower #### Installed on : terrace roof of the building #### #### END STATION #### The coordinates of the DORIS antenna reference point are: #### BEGIN COORDINATES #### Solution : ITRF2005 #### Note about the coordinates : #### Epoch : 2000.0 #### Unit : metre #### X : 3855260.481 #### Y : -5049735.540 #### Z : 563056.515 #### Sig X : 0.001 #### Sig Y : 0.001 #### Sig Z : 0.001 #### #### END COORDINATES #### The ITRF velocities for the site are: #### BEGIN VELOCITIES #### Note about the velocities : #### Unit : metre / year #### VX : -0.0036 #### VY : -0.0035 #### VZ : 0.0143 #### Sig VX : .0004 #### Sig VY : .0004 #### Sig VZ : .0003 #### #### END VELOCITIES #### Best regards, Jerome Saunier Reseaux et Services Internationaux Service de Geodesie et Nivellement Institut Geographique National 73, avenue de Paris 94 165 SAINT MANDE Cedex Cliquez sur l'url suivante https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/jbvvg7O6Yw3TndxI!oX7Us3fUQZbLcSFE+VNqRKRyvn4zl3JJgkO+we!BbR3lHe!3RJqEV06b3kwyNC8RpgWkw== si ce message est indésirable (pourriel). Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr