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dorismail               05-Jan-2024 16:01:55 Message No 1378
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Author: Jerome Saunier <jerome.saunier@ign.fr>
Subject: Network/ new point RIKITEA


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DORISMail version 1.2
Subject: No 1378 : Network/ new point RIKITEA
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Dear colleagues,

Happy New Year 2024!

The DORIS station at RIKITEA (Gambier Islands, French Polynesia) was completely renovated in order to better meet the DORIS system requirements. The antenna was moved to a new support 21 m southeast and the whole equipment was upgraded.

Find below the installation characteristics and the coordinates of the reference point :

Concerned site:
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Site name : RIKITEA ####
Site DOMES number : 92301 ####
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Characteristics of the new point:
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Four character ID : RIMC ####
Antenna model : Starec C ####
Station DOMES number : 92301S005 ####
Date installed (dd/mm/yyyy) : 07/12/2023 ####
Antenna support type : 2 m high very rigid metal tower ####
Installed on : concrete pad ####
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The coordinates of the DORIS antenna reference point are:
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Solution : ITRF2020 ####
Note about the coordinates : tie to RIMB ####
Epoch : 2000.0 ####
Unit : metre ####
X : -4147120.452 ####
Y : -4152230.962 ####
Z : -2490029.837 ####
Sig X : 0.000 ####
Sig Y : 0.002 ####
Sig Z : 0.001 ####
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The ITRF velocities for the site are:
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Note about the velocities : dpod2020_014 ####
Unit : metre / year ####
VX : -0.05623 ####
VY : 0.04002 ####
VZ : 0.02881 ####
Sig VX : ####
Sig VY : ####
Sig VZ : ####
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Replacing previous DORIS antenna: RIMB
Date removed (dd/mm/yyyy) : 06/12/2023

Best regards,

Jerome Saunier
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Reseaux et Services en Geodesie Spatiale
Service de Geodesie et de Metrologie
IGN
73, avenue de Paris
94165 St-MANDE
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