Precision orbit determination for the Geosat follow-on satellites

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 336-341

  Irish, Kelly ^a,b   Gold, Kenn ^a,b   Born, George ^a,b   Reichert, Angela ^a,b   Axelrad, Penina ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE GIPSY OASIS II;

ORBITS;

EID: 0032071772     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3331     Document Type: Article

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