Antenna phase center calibration for precise positioning of LEO satellites

GPS Solutions

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-34

  Montenbruck, Oliver ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Miquel ^a   Yoon, Yoke ^a   Schön, Steffen ^b   Jäggi, Adrian ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antennas; CHAMP; GRACE; LEO satellites; Orbit determination; Phase center variation; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; CIVIL AVIATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ION BEAMS; ORBITS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SATELLITES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHAMP; GRACE; LEO SATELLITES; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PHASE CENTER VARIATION; TERRASAR-X;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ANTENNA; GPS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; POSITIONING; SATELLITE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 57049167043     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-008-0094-z     Document Type: Article

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