Routine operational and high-precision orbit determination of Envisat

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1953-1958

  Zandbergen, R ^a   Otten, M ^a   Righetti, P L ^a   Kuijper, D ^a   Dow, J M ^a  

^a ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LASER APPLICATIONS; ORBITS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; TRACKING RADAR;

LASER RETRO-REFLECTORS;

SATELLITES;

ENVISAT-1; ORBIT DETERMINATION;

EID: 0042567230     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00154-6     Document Type: Article

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