Technique is developed for identifying those linear combinations of orbit parameters which can be estimated from given span of tracking data; it is shown that there are class I observable parameters, which affect data strongly and must be included in orbit determination solution, and class II observable parameters, which affect data weakly and can be ignored; method is numerically applied to two lunar orbiter tracking situations; Fourier analysis technique for efficient orbit determination is suggested. (42439)
On identification of observable orbit parameters, with application to lunar orbit tracking
J Astronaut Sci
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences ; 16 , n 1
1969
10 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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