Astra: Interdisciplinary study on enhancement of the end-to-end accuracy for spacecraft tracking techniques

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 699-707

  Iess, Luciano ^a   Di Benedetto, Mauro ^a   James, Nick ^b   Mercolino, Mattia ^c   Simone, Lorenzo ^d   Tortora, Paolo ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^d THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Solar system exploration; Space navigation; Space telecommunications; Spacecraft tracking systems

Indexed keywords

INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; ORBIT DETERMINATION SYSTEM; SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION; SPACE NAVIGATION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TRACKING SYSTEM;

BUDGET CONTROL; NASA; RADIO NAVIGATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84886263445     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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