Angular position determination of spacecraft by radio interferometry

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2193-2201

  Lanyi, Gabor ^a   Bagri, Durgadas S ^a   Border, James S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular; Deep Space Network (DSN); Differential; Differential one way ranging (DOR); Interferometry; Navigation; Position; Spacecraft; Tracking; Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA); Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; NAVIGATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE DISCHARGES; TIME DELAY;

ANGULAR; DEEP SPACE NETWORKS; DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ONE-WAY RANGING; LONG BASELINE ARRAY; POSITION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 62949133068     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.905183     Document Type: Article

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