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Measuring the impact of Indonesian antennas on global geodetic VLBI network

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In the near future, two radio telescopes will be installed in the Indonesian region. These telescopes are proposed to be integrated into the existing Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network both for astronomical and geodetical purposes. Here we simulate the impact of the inclusion of the future Indonesian antennas to the estimates of Earth Orientation Parameters and the station position. The simulation was performed in two types of VLBI sessions. First, we analyse the contribution of Indonesian antennas to the existing intensive session INT3 (IN320-314), which focuses on the estimation of dUT1. We found that the addition of Indonesian antennas has reduced the estimated dUT1 repeatability value by about 25%. Next, we simulate the 24-hour session by considering two existing network configurations, which are R4 (R4934) and AOV (AOV049). Overall we found that the addition of Indonesian antennas to each network configuration decreases the repeatability value of the Earth Orientation Parameter by about 20%. Meanwhile, the repeatability value of station position is reduced up to 12%. This reduction is already achieved even when we include only one Indonesian antenna.

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Acknowledgements

INH, TH, and BD gratefully acknowledge the support from the 2020 WCU Program of Institut Teknologi Bandung that allows us to conduct this project. We thank Prof. Fengchun Shu (SHAO) and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful comments and suggestions on the manuscript. We also would like to sincerely express our special thanks of gratitude to Indosat Ooredoo for their continuous support in fundamental research, particularly to develop the VLBI Project in Indonesia.

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  1. Department of Astronomy and Bosscha Observatory, FMIPA, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

    Ibnu Nurul Huda, Taufiq Hidayat, Budi Dermawan, Premana W. Premadi, Sahlan Ramadhan, Lucky Puspitarini, Hesti R. T. Wulandari & Mohammad Hafieduddin

  2. Observatoire de Paris / SYRTE, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Sébastien Lambert

  3. School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Niu Liu

  4. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Niu Liu

  5. Joint ALMA Observatory – ESO, Av. Alonso de Córdova, 3104, Santiago, Chile

    Stéphane Leon

  6. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, 753-8512, Japan

    Kenta Fujisawa

  7. Center for Astronomy, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki, 310-8512, Japan

    Yoshinori Yonekura

  8. National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Public Organization), Chiang Mai, 50180, Thailand

    Koichiro Sugiyama & Phrudth Jaroenjittichai

  9. Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, NAOJ, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan

    Tomoya Hirota

  10. Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan

    Tomoya Hirota

  11. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M19 9PL, UK

    Rene Breton

  12. Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 776 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong, Daejeon, 34055, Korea

    Young-Chol Minh

  13. Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, FITB, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

    Dudy Wijaya, Dhota Pradipta & Nabila S. E. Putri

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Huda, I., Hidayat, T., Dermawan, B. et al. Measuring the impact of Indonesian antennas on global geodetic VLBI network. Exp Astron 52, 141–155 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09773-1

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