The GEOS-3 spacecraft was launched by NASA on April 23, 1975. The payload of the gravity-gradient stabilized spacecraft consisted of a radar altimeter, Doppler beacons, and a Laser retroreflector. The GEOS-3 satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) Doppler data and the satellite laser ranging (SLR) data have been an integral and valuable part of gravity model solutions developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center from GEM 9 through EGM96. GEOS-3 is Located in an unique orbit at 850 km attitude and 115 degrees inclination. The data included in these solutions were acquired from 1975 through 1980. Since 1980, the SLR system precision has improved from 8 to 10 cm in 1980 to the subcm level for the best stations in the 1990's. The ILRS (International laser ranging service) initiated a new tracking campaign for this spacecraft in October 1998, and through January, 1999, some 850 passes and 10,000 normal points were acquired. The quality of the "new" data obtained during this tracking campaign is assessed, and the impact of these "new" data on Earth gravity model solutions is evaluated.


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    Titel :

    The 1998 to 1999 GEOS-3 Tracking Campaign: Analysis and Results


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    General Assembly of International Council of Scientific Unions ; 1999 ; Birmingham, United Kingdom


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1999-07-18


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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