Performance comparison of semicodeless GPS receivers for LEO satellites

GPS Solutions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-261

  Montenbruck, Oliver ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Miquel ^a   Williams, Jacob ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

BlackJack; IGOR; OEM4 G2; PolaRx2; Semicodeless tracking; Spaceborne GPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750194879     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-006-0025-9     Document Type: Article

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