TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER NEWS No.6
International Earth Rotation Service - VLBI Technical
Development Center News
published by
Communications Research Laboratory,
4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184, Japan
April, 1995
In October 1990, the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS)
designated the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) and Haystack
Observatory, USA, as the Technical Development Centers (TDC).
These centers are supposed to do
1) the development of new observation techniques and new systems for advanced
Earth's rotation observations by VLBI and other space techniques,
2) the promotion of research in Earth rotation by advanced methods in VLBI,
3) the distribution of new VLBI technology.
The TDC meeting, attended by the ordinary members from inside the CRL
and the special members from the outside, is held twice a year. The
special members advise the committee, concerning the plan of technical
developments. The TDC newsletter is published biannually by CRL to
inform the IERS community its current activities.
This news was edited by Tetsuro Kondo, Kashima Space Research Center,
who is the current representative of TDC. The editer wishes to thank
Dr.O.J.Sovers for his kind help in the correction of the news translated
from Japanese to English.
Inquires on this issue should be addressed to:
T. Kondo
Kashima Space Research Center
Communications Research Laboratory
893-1 Hirai, Kashima, Ibaraki 314, Japan
TEL : +81-299-84-7137
FAX : +81-299-84-7159
e-mail : kondo(AT)nict.go.jp
VLBI and related activities at the Communications Research Laboratory
are now available from the home page of the Radio Astronomy Applications
Section of the Kashima Space Research Center on the World Wide Web (WWW).
The URL to view the home page is :
https://apollo.nict.go.jp/
Original issue was published in April, 1994.
(Note that some information may be old! )
(Updated on June 30, 1998 but keeping original contents)
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