GPS based relative navigation for the TanDEM-X mission - First flight results

23rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2010, ION GNSS 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2797-2807

  Montenbruck, O ^a   Wermuth, M ^a   Kahle, R ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION; BASELINE DETERMINATION; BISTATIC SAR; COMMISSIONING PHASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUAL FREQUENCY; EXPERT TEAMS; FORMATION FLYING; GEOSCIENCES; GERMAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTERS; GLOBAL MAPPING; GPS RECEIVERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETRIC SAR; PHASE PATTERNS; RELATIVE NAVIGATION; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RESEARCH CENTRES; TANDEM-X;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; NAVIGATION; SPACECRAFT; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79959935591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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