Ukrainian  Centre  of  determination  of   the   Earth  Orientation  Parameters

Main  astronomical  observatory   of  the  National  academy   of  sciences  of  Ukraine

Analytical centre

The Ukrainian Centre of Determination of the Earth's Orientation Parameters (UCEOP) makes information and technical support of geodynamical data and analysis centres of Ukraine:

  • SLR analysis centre;
  • VLBI analysis centre;
  • operational centre of GPS network of Ukraine;
  • GPS local data centre.

Besides, the UCEOP ensures information support for the Kharkiv GPS group.

The main aims of the geodynamical data and analysis centres of Ukraine are:

  • realization of the terrestrial and celestial coordinate systems;
  • determination of the Earth's orientation parameters.

For these purposes, the following steps are necessary:

  • software elaboration;
  • data analysis;
  • archiving observations for local needs.

The geodynamical data and analysis centres of Ukraine are members of the international services ILRS, IVS, and IGS.