[IGSMAIL-5758]: ACES and Future GNSS-based Earth Observation and Navigation

Drazen Svehla svehla at bv.tu-muenchen.de
Fri Apr 11 13:02:48 PDT 2008


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IGS Electronic Mail      11 Apr 13:04:55 PDT 2008      Message Number 5758
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Author: Drazen Svehla

Dear Colleagues,

The ESA Topical Team on "Geodesy Applications of the ACES Mission" is 
pleased to invite you to the workshop on
"ACES and Future GNSS-based Earth Observation and Navigation"

http://www.iapg.bv.tum.de/aces.html

Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) is an ESA mission based on the 
performances of a new generation of atomic clocks operated in space, on 
board the International Space Station in 2012-2015. The ACES clock 
signal will reach fractional frequency stability and accuracy of 1 part 
in 10-16 opening attractive perspectives for testing Einstein's theory 
of general relativity. The two-way microwave link developed for the ACES 
mission will allow frequency comparison of ground microwave and optical 
clocks at the 10-17 level. The ACES frequency reference will be 
connected to an on-board GPS/(GALILEO) receiver which will ensure 
precise orbit determination of the ACES clocks and at the same time will 
allow to develop applications in different areas of research. Besides 
fundamental physics, the geodesy part of the ACES mission is related to 
scientific objectives in the field of the LEO orbit determination, 
combined optical&microwave ranging and time/frequency transfer, 
determination of gravity potential using ground optical clocks, GNSS 
radio-occultation and GNSS scatterometry.

Scope of this workshop is to bring together a wide scientific community 
and exploit the ACES potential for applications in the fields of 
geodesy, Earth observation and navigation.

The workshop will take place on the 26-27 May 2007 at the Institute of 
Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, Technische Universitdt M|nchen, Germany.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Munich.

The workshop Organizing Committee:

Drazen Svehla - IAPG, TU M|nchen, Germany
Prof. Markus Rothacher - GFZ Potsdam, Germany
Prof. Christophe Salomon - LKB/ENS, Paris, France
Ernst Rasel - Leibniz Universitdt Hannover, Germany
Luigi Cacciapuoti - ESTEC/ESA, The Netherlands



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Drazen Svehla
Institute of Astronomical and Physical Geodesy
Technische Universitdt M|nchen

Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Phone :  +49-89-28923180
Fax : +49-89-28923178
E-mail: svehla at bv.tum.de
http://tau.fesg.tu-muenchen.de/~drazen/
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