Precise orbit determination for the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellite mission using GPS

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Hwang, Cheinway ^a   Tseng, Tzu Pang ^a   Lin, Tingjung ^a   Švehla, Dražen ^b   Schreiner, Bill ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; FORMOSAT 3 COSMIC; GPS; Kinematic orbit; Reduced dynamic orbit

Indexed keywords

GPS; KINEMATICS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 63149193805     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0256-3     Document Type: Article

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