GNSS satellite geometry and attitude models

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1015-1029

  Montenbruck, O ^a   Schmid, R ^b   Mercier, F ^c   Steigenberger, P ^a   Noll, C ^d   Fatkulin, R ^e   Kogure, S ^f   Ganeshan, A S ^g  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CNES   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e ISS Reshetnev Company   (Russian Federation)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Antenna offsets; ANTEX; Attitude models; GNSS satellites; SLR

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT;

ABSOLUTE PHASE; ANTENNA PHASE CENTER; ANTEX; NAVIGATION-SATELLITE SYSTEMS; RETROREFLECTOR ARRAY; SATELLITE GEOMETRY; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SPACECRAFT FRAMES;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84938422407     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: 18791948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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