CARLUCCI , Teddy

POLAC (Paris Observatory Lunar Analysis Center) is an ILRS analysis center founded by J. Chapront, M. Chapront-Touzé and G. Francou in 1996. They developed in the 80's a semi-analytical solution of the lunar motion named ELP (Ephémérides lunaires Parisienne). Thus, the original purpose of POLAC was the adjustment of ELP to the lunar laser...

The Ground Based Optical Tracking group (GBOT) consists of about ten scientists involved in the Gaia mission by ESA. Its main task is the optical tracking of the Gaia satellite itself [1]. This novel tracking method in addition to radiometric standard ones is necessary to ensure that the Gaia mission goal in terms of astrometric precision level...

We present the results of the first series of successful two-way laser ranging experiments from a ground station, the Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) station in Grasse, France, to a spacecraft at lunar distance, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). A 15 × 18 × 5 cm, 650-g array of twelve 32-mm diameter solid corner cubes is mounted on its...

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