曾经主持神舟四号飞船,北斗导航卫星COMPASS-M1,G2的 激光后向反射器的上海天文台原副台长,天文学家杨福民 (1942.12--2011.2.9)研究员因心脏病在上海去世,享年70岁. 杨先生为我国激光测距网的负责人,也是国际激光测距服务组织 和西太平洋地区激光测距组织成员.自1970年代开始致力于 卫星激光测距研究.相关报道见: 【cctv 7 军事科技】中国卫星激光测距达到国际领先水平 以下为来自国际激光网的消息: From: Zhang Zongping zzp@shao.ac.cn Date: February 11, 2011 8:58:37 AM EST To: "Noll, Carey E. (GSFC-6901)" carey.e.noll@nasa.gov Subject: Yang Fumin passed away Dear colleague The saddened news from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences to inform you is that our colleague, Professor Yang Fumin, the former vice director of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 due to the heart disease. Yang Fumin was born in December, 1942 and was engaged in Satellite Laser Ranging technology research from the early 70s of the last century. He was a member of the ILRS Governing Board and Western Pacific Laser Ranging Network. He was the inaugurator of the China SLR network and a coordinator of the network for long time. He had dedicated all his life to develop the SLR technology, and had made significant contributions for SLR development in China. We will greatly miss Prof.Yang Fumin and his contributions to the SLR community. Wu bin, Zhang zhongping Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS 北斗卫星激光反射器被国际组织确认为最佳.pdf