Subject: [IGSMAIL-0791] New ESA receiver at Villafranca
From: ESOC IGS team
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 2:55:12 PST

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IGS Electronic Mail      Wed Nov 30  2:55:12 PST 1994      Message Number 0791
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Author: ESOC IGS team
Subject: New ESA receiver at Villafranca

Subject: New ESA receiver at Villafranca.

A new TurboRogue SNR-8100 has been installed at the
ESA Villafranca Ground Station that is located close
to Madrid (Spain).

Data are available from DOY 316/94 on.

The estimated marker coordinates with our IGS processing
of DOY 317,318,319 and 320/94 are the following:

    Lon : 356.04801869 deg
    Lat :  40.44359179 deg
    Height: 0.647489   Km
    ITRF92 at 1994.0

The station information form has been sent to the IGSCB
and is reproduced below.

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 0. Form

         Prepared by            : C.Garcia
         Date                   : 23/11/94
         Report type            : NEW
           (NEW or UPDATE)

 1. Site Identification of the GPS monument

         Site Name              : Villafranca
         4 char ID              : VILL
         Monument Inscription   : None
         IERS DOMES Number      : None
         CDP Number             : None
         Date                   : 12/11/94
         Additional information : None

 2. Site Location

         City                   : Villafranca (Madrid)
         Country                : Spain
         Tectonic Plate         : Eurasian
         Additional information : At the ESA Villafranca Ground Station.

 3. GPS Receiver

         Type                   : ROGUE SNR-8100
         Serial Number          : 109
         Firmware Version       : 2.8
         Date                   : 12/11/94

 4. GPS Antenna

         Type                   : DORNE MARGOLIN T
         Serial Number          : 200
         Date                   : 12/11/94

         Vertical Antenna Height: 0.0437
         Antenna Reference Point: Bottom of antenna
         Date                   : 12/11/94

    The antenna height is measured from the GPS monument to the antenna
    reference point (ARP) as it has been defined in the graphics (item 10).

 5. Local Site Ties

 Monument             CDP    DOMES              Components        Accuracy  Date
 Inscription          Number Number       dX        dY        dZ     mm yy-mm-dd

 .................... ....  ......... ......... ......... .........  .. ........
 .................... ....  ......... ......... ......... .........  .. ........

    Differential coordinates from the GPS monument to the reference and other
    monuments. The components are parallel to the XYZ-axes of the global
    geocentric reference system ITRF (WGS-84).

    "Accuracy" is estimated accuracy of local survey (millimeters).

 6. Frequency standard

         H-maser /   /   Cesium / X /    Quartz /   /     Internal /   /
         Other (specify)        : None
         Date                   : 12/11/94

         (Mark with 'X')

 7. Collocation

         SLR    /   /    VLBI  /   /     DORIS  /   /     PRARE    /   /

         Other GEOPHYSICAL Instrumentation (specify)        : None

         Other (specify)        : None

         (Mark with 'P' for permanent, 'M' for mobile collocation)

 8. On-site Agency Information

         Agency                 : ESA Villafranca Satellite Station
         Contact                : At ESOC. See item 9.
         Address                : ESA Villafranca Satellite Station
                                  Apartado P.O.Box 50727
                                  Madrid 28080
                                  Spain
         Telephone              : 00-34-1-8131100
         Fax                    : 00-34-1-8131139

 9. Responsible Operations Agency
    (if different from item 8)

         Agency                 : ESA / ESOC
         Contact                : J.Dow
         Address                : Robert-Bosch-Strasse 5
                                  D-64293
                                  Darmstadt
                                  Germany
         Telephone              : 49-6151-902272
         E-mail                 : [email-masked]
         Fax                    : 49-6151-90495

 10. Please insert here the character graphics corresponding to the antenna
     type. Check, complete or change if necessary the antenna dimensions.

             TurboRogue: DORNE MARGOLIN T

                         -----
                     /     +     \                        <--  0.128  L2
                    |      +      |                       <--  0.110  L1
  +--------------------------------------------------+    <--  0.102  TCR
  |                                                  |
  |                                                  |
  |                                                  |
  |                                                  |
+-+--------------------------------------------------+-+  <--  0.038
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+  <--  0.035  BCR
                    |             |
                   =|             |
                    +------x------+                       <--  0.000  ARP

<--                      0.381                       -->

 11. Hard copy information

     The next items should be compiled and sent to the Central Bureau (see
     original IGS Station Information Report).

     Please mark 'X' if on file or date expected to be available.

         Site Map               : X
         Site Diagram           : X
         Horizon Mask           :
         Monument description   : X
         Site pictures          : X

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