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Recent Progress and Future

Perspectives of the International

VLBI Service for Geodesy and

Astrometry (IVS)

Shinobu Kurihara

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and

many colleagues of the IVS

18th International Workshop on Laser Ranging

11-15 November 2013, Fujiyoshida, Japan

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Contents

1. Overview of IVS and VLBI2010

2. VGOS progress in the world

3. VGOS project in Japan

4. Toward GGOS

5. Summary

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International VLBI Service for

Geodesy and Astrometry

• Established in 1999 under IAG and IAU

• 83 Permanent Components, representing

43 institutions in 21 countries

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ORGANIZATION of IVS

COMPONENTS MAP

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VLBI2010

• IVS WG3: started discussion on the

next generation VLBI (2005~).

• VLBI2010 Committee: considered the

concrete system for VLBI2010. – Final report (2009) “Design Aspects of the VLBI2010

System”

• System for VLBI2010 contains;

① 12-m diameter dish & 12˚/s fast moving

② 2～14GHz broad-band receivers

③ High speed sampler, Digital Backend

VGOS

VLBI Global Observing System

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GGOS

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VGOS World

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planning phase

funded

under construction or just before operation

proposal submitted

based on available information September 2013 by H. Hase, V2PEG

operational(broad-band)

operational (legacy S/X ) to be upgraded

Degree of progress of VGOS

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New VGOS telescopes

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GGAO (US)

Hobart

(Australia)

Ishioka (Japan)

Courtesy A. Niell

Courtesy

D. Behrend

Courtesy L. Langkaas

Ny-Ålesund

(Svalbard, Norway)

Zelenchukskaya (Russia) Courtesy

A. Ipatov

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RAEGE, Spain

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Santa Maria (Eastern Azores)

(August 2013)

Gómez-González

et al .(2013)

Yebes

(August 2013)

Courtesy: J.A. Lopez

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Twin Telescope Wettzell, Germany

8/16 Courtesy A. Nothnagel

Inauguration in April 2013

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Onsala Tvilling Teleskop, Sweden

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OTT1

OTT2

20 m

25 m

Courtesy R. Haas

● Onsala

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VGOS Station in Japan

• FY2011～FY2013

– 13.2-m telescope

– Broadband front-end

(feeds, receivers)

– Hydrogen masers

– Up-down convertor

– Data acquisition

system

(Sampler, storage, …)

– 10Gbps network

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Ishioka VLBI Station

GSI HQ / Tsukuba

32-m VLBI Station

17km WE ARE HERE.

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Ishioka Geodetic Observing Station

Ishioka Geodetic Observing Station

Ibaraki pref. Livestock Research Center

golf course

茨城県畜産センター

石 岡 市

かすみがうら市 11/16

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Ishioka Geodetic Observing Station

pillar

pillar pillar

pillar

ground marker

VLBI telescope

containers

Building (planning)

GNSS

0m 20m 40m

Total site area: 13,000m2

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Laser Ranging facilities?

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DORIS stations co-located with other IERS

techniques (VLBI, SLR or GNSS)

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Courtesy J. Saunier (IGN, France)

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Synergy of VLBI and SLR for GGOS

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Badary (Russia)

Courtesy A. Ipatov & Y. Bondarenko

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RFI at GGOS station

• Intra-site RFI transmitted by DORIS beacon and

SLR radar for aircraft avoidance

– DORIS: 401.25 MHz, 2.036 GHz

– SLR radar: 9.4 GHz ?

– VLBI receives 2-14 GHz

• Physical barriers (e.g., buildings, topography,

special built structures), notch filters, interlocking

of the SLR/VLBI scheduling, …

• Appreciated if SLR people could develop and

use a non-radar based system for aircraft

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Summary

• IVS is enthusiastic about VGOS.

– Australia, Germany, Spain, Russia, …

• Ishioka VGOS telescope in Japan

– under construction

– complete by March 2014

• More co-located sites of multi-technique are

necessary for GGOS.

• However, intra-site RFI in the broad-band VLBI

telescope should be considered.

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Thank you

for your attention.

VGOS: The New VLBI Network