An evaluation of solar radiation pressure strategies for the GPS constellation

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 505-517

  Sibthorpe, Ant ^a   Bertiger, Willy ^a   Desai, Shailen D ^a   Haines, Bruce ^a   Harvey, Nate ^a   Weiss, Jan P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Final combination; GPS; IGS; Satellite orbits; Solar radiation pressure (SRP)

Indexed keywords

GNSS; GPS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79960607200     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0450-6     Document Type: Article

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