Centimeter level orbit determination for the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter satellite

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 102 I, Issue , 1999, Pages 583-595

  Ries, John C ^a   Tapley, Byron D ^a  

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

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EID: 0040313339     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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