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UNIT 14

SATELLITE GEODESY

I. READING AND LEARNING

Task 1. Read and memorize the following words and word-

combinations:
artificial satellite – штучний супутник;

lunar laser ranging – лазерна локація місця;
crustal dynamics – динаміка кристалічної решітки;
polar mition – рух полюсів;

terrestrial reference frame – земна система відліку;
earth tide – земний прилив;
airborne sensors – бортові сенсори;

tide gauge – мареграф, футшток;
tomography – пошаровий аналіз;
precise – точний;

homogeneous – однорідний, гомогенний;
photogrammetry – фотограмметрія.

Task 2. Read and translate the text.

Text 1 SATELLITE GEODESY

Satellite geodesy is the measurement of the form and dimensions
of the Earth, the location of objects on its surface and the figure of the
Earth's gravity field by means of artificial satellite techniques. It

belongs to the broader field of space geodesy, which also includes
such techniques as geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)
and lunar laser ranging.

The application of geodetic satellite methods is determined by the
achievable accuracy, the necessary effort and expense of equipment
and computation, and finally by the observation time and the ease of
equipment handling.

Satellite geodesy is used to show:
− general shape of the Earth’s figure and the gravity field, −
dimensions of a mean Earth ellipsoid, − establishment of a global

terrestrial reference frame, − detailed geoid as a reference surface on
land and at sea, − connection between different existing geodetic
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