Quality of reprocessed GPS satellite orbits

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 241-248

  Steigenberger, Peter ^a,b   Rothacher, Markus ^a   Fritsche, Mathias ^c   Rülke, Axel ^c   Dietrich, Reinhard ^c  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System; Orbit modeling; Reprocessing; Satellite orbits

Indexed keywords

GNSS; GPS; MODELING; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 61349170758     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0228-7     Document Type: Article

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