Dynamic orbit determination for the EOS laser altimeter satellite (EOS ALT/GLAS) using GPS measurements

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-424

  Rim, Hyung Jin ^a   Davis, George W ^b   Schutz, Bob E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TRACKING (POSITION);

DYNAMIC ORBIT DETERMINATION; LASER ALTIMETER SATELLITE;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0030182487     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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