Adjustable box-wing model for solar radiation pressure impacting GPS satellites

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1113-1128

  Rodriguez Solano, C J ^a   Hugentobler, U ^a   Steigenberger, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Box wing satellite model; GPS; Precise orbit determination; Solar radiation pressure

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84857010207     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: 18791948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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