Determining precise orbits for Topex/Poseidon within one day of real time: Results and implications

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 102 I, Issue , 1999, Pages 623-634

  Haines, B J ^a   Lichten, S M ^a   Lough, M F ^a   Muellerschoen, R J ^a   Vigue Rodi, Y ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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