A purely empirical model of penumbra based on star-photometry data calibrations applied to the orbital motion of geodetic satellites

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1703-1707

  Vespe, F ^a  

^a ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITE; GPS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PENUMBRA; SATELLITE ORBIT;

EID: 0031473401     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00330-X     Document Type: Article

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