Aiming at a 1-cm orbit for low earth orbiters: Reduced-dynamic and kinematic precise orbit determination

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Visser, P N A M ^a   Van Den Ijssel, J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

GPS; Kinematic; LEO; Precise orbit determination; Reduced dynamic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; LOW EARTH ORBITER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SATELLITE TO SATELLITE TRACKING; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0242364123     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026253328154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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