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Station Number 001 -occupied 1/22/66 to 3/18/66 Party chief Sherrill Snellgrove of C&GS. Observations were conducted during the period when there were approximately 20 hours of darkness and 4 hours of twilight. As the PAGEOS satellites were in near polar orbit, this allowed observation of 4 to 5 passes per night.

Image ID: geod0018, NOAA's Geodesy Collection
Location: Thule, Greenland


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