Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Kazuo Shibuya, Masaki Kanao, Toshihiro Higashi, Shigeru Aoki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2000
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Pillar; Syowa Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; E. Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009111; https://doaj.org/article/d66dd25fb23c4326907d6e62f5100eb1

A PRARE (Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment) tracking antenna was installed by the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-38) at Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E), Antarctica in March 1997. The antenna pillar pin of the PRARE tracking antenna was tied to the International GPS Service for...