13 Years of TOPEX/poseidon precision orbit determination and the 10-fold improvement in expected orbit accuracy

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1661-1676

  Lemoine, Frank G ^a   Zelensky, Nikita P ^b   Luthcke, Scott B ^a   Rowlands, David D ^a   Chinn, Douglas S ^b   Beckley, Brian D ^b   Klosko, Steven M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; RADAR;

GEOPHYSICAL DATA RECORD (GDR) ALTIMETER; PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION (POD); RADAR ALTIMETER;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33845988682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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