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Optical tracking of artificial satellites

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The paper outlines the principles of optical tracking of artificial satellites, with emphasis on high-accuracy techniques. Various methods for determining the apparent position of a satellite at a known time are discussed, for both visual and photographic tracking. A description is given of several optical tracking systems now in operation, under development, or just proposed.

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    George Veis

  2. National Technical University, Athens, Greece

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Veis, G. Optical tracking of artificial satellites. Space Sci Rev 2, 250–296 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216781

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