The height of the GEOS-C spacecraft was utilized as measured by the onboard radar altimeter, for an improved determination of the earth's gravitational field and for the determination of the variation of the physical surface of the oceans. Two tracking system approaches to accurately determine the spacecraft height (orbit) are described and their results stated. These are satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) and ground laser tracking (GLT). Height variations can be observed in the dm-regions using SST and in the m-region using present GLT.
Satellite height determination using satellite-to-satellite tracking and ground laser systems
Sea Surface Topography Conf. ; 1971 ; Key Biscayne, FL, United States
01.03.1972
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Orbit Determination
AIAA | 1979
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AIAA | 1978
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