Orbit improvement for GEO objects using follow-up observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 912-916

  Musci, R ^a   Schildknecht, T ^a   Ploner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geosynchronous orbit; Optical observations; Space debris

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; TELESCOPES; YIELD STRESS;

GEOSTATIONARY RINGS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; TENERIFES;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 3242740932     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. Schildknecht, T., Musci, R., Ploner, M., et al. Optical observation of space debris in the geostationary ring, in: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Space Debris, ESA SP-473, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, pp. 89-93, 2001b.