Abstract
A project is suggested to establish a space triangulation network around the Earth, consisting of a small number (about 12) of spaced stations determined by synchronous observations of a special artificial satellite (a heavy sphere about 15–20 m in diameter) at an altitude of about 12 000 km above the Earth's surface. The scale of this network is to be determined by measurements of a cosmical base line using the method of laser beams. Under certain assumptions concerning the accuracy of observations (about 1″ of arc, basic up to 10−6) one might expect that a distance, which is a function of the Earth's radius, can be determined by this method with an accuracy of about ±20 m.
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