The accuracy assessment of precise orbits computed from doppler tracking data

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-469

  Davis, George W ^a   Ries, John C ^b   Tapley, Byron D ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; NAVIGATION; TRACKING (POSITION); APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENTIMETER LEVELS; MEASUREMENT MODEL; NAVIGATION ERROR; NAVIGATION SOLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHIC SATELLITES; ORBIT SIMULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

ERRORS; ORBITS;

HIGH ELEVATION PASS (HEP); RADIAL ORBITS; SLANT RANGE ERRORS;

EID: 0031244496     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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