A simple method has been developed which calculates the instantaneous downtrack error in an orbiting vehicle's state vector from TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) Doppler observation residuals. The downtrack error is expressed as a delta-time correction to the timetag of the vehicle's state vector. The method requires only a few easily obtained parameters and is easy to implement. This paper details the derivation of computing a delta-time correction from TDRS Doppler observation residuals and evaluates the method's assumptions and limitations. The results presented show that typically the method computes delta-time corrections that are less than five percent off from the true timetag error for Doppler observation residuals within twenty minutes of closest approach to the TDRS.


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    Titel :

    A method for computing instantaneous downtrack error from TDRS Doppler residuals


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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