CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer calibration by GPS-based orbit determination

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1890-1896

  Helleputte, Tom Van ^a   Doornbos, Eelco ^a   Visser, Pieter ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Calibration; CHAMP; GPS; GRACE; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; CALIBRATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCELEROMETER MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CHAMP; GRACE; NON-GRAVITATIONAL FORCE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; REDUCED-DYNAMIC ORBIT DETERMINATION; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES;

ORBITS;

EID: 67349196455     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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