Devoti R., Fermi M., Ferraro C., Lanotte R., Luceri V., Nardi A.,
Pacione R.,
Rutigliano P., Sciarretta C.
Telespazio SpA, ASI-CGS, Matera, Italy
The Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Space Geodesy Center (CGS) at Matera, Italy, is one of the fundamental geodetic station in the worldwide network as it hosts and operates SLR, VLBI, GPS and PRARE systems. This huge acquisition capability will be furtherly improved by the next arrival of the MLRO SLR system, replacing the old one and able to track the far GPS and GLONASS satellites, equipped with retroreflectors, and the Moon.
The collocation of techniques at ASI-CGS drives in a natural way our efforts in the related geodetic data analysis towards the integration of the results.
The networks of different geodetic techniques show different
sensitivities to the various
physical parameters of interest, due to the different observation
equations and to the different geographic coverage. These features have
to be taken into account when data from different sources are combined
or even results are compared. In this conceptual frame we want to show
some results relevant to:
- EOP determination by means of GPS, SLR and VLBI separately, using the
dilution of precision and covariance analysis to characterize strength
and weakness of each technique;
- comparison of VLBI and SLR terrestrial reference frames, using a 7
parameters trasformation and Eulerian poles;
- comparison of baselines and velocities for the European region using
VLBI and GPS, in particular for the Italian region, where ASI operates
several permanent GPS receivers covering broadly our peninsula.