[IGSMAIL-331] ESA TurboRogue at Perth

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IGS Electronic Mail        6-SEP-1993 15:23:17       Message Number 331
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>From: C. GARCIA
Subj: ESA TurboRogue at Perth
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A Turbo-Rogue was installed at the Perth (Australia)
ESA ground station on 18/8/93.

Antenna installation is similar to the one used in Kourou
and Kiruna.

Site information is the following.

Site name : Perth
4 char id : PERT

Receiver type : SNR-8100
Serial number : SN 108
Firmware version : 2.8

Antenna type : Dorne Margolin T
Serial number : 163

Antenna height : 0.0568 m (From the monument
                 marker to the bottom of
                 the antenna. See IGSMAIL 269)

Approximate marker coordinates (calculated with six
days of tracking)

   X : -2368686.754 m
   Y:   4881316.466 m
   Z : -3341796.354 m


Data are available from day 231/93 on.

J.Dow,T.Martin-Mur,J.Feltens,C.Garcia.


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The GPS receiver recently installed at Perth was damaged
at 1530 UTC 3/9/93 during an electrical storm.

A similar TurboRogue SNR-8100 and antenna have been sent from
ESOC to replace the damaged equipment.

J.Dow,T.Martin-Mur,J.Feltens,C.Garcia.