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

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-304

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

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; SPACECRAFT; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING (POSITION);

AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION; BASELINE DETERMINATION; COMMISSIONING PHASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GERMAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTERS; INTERFEROMETRIC SAR PROCESSING; RELATIVE NAVIGATION; RELATIVE POSITIONS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84863630732     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2011.tb02587.x     Document Type: Article

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