The European Space Agency's (ESA) multipurpose satellite tracking system is introduced. The system is able to perform accurate satellite ranging and Doppler measurements for a variety of mission types, i.e., from near-Earth satellites to deep space probes. The ranging signal is analyzed and described in an analytical manner from which the limits of the system performance are derived. A model of the overall system is presented and a few simulation results obtained thereby are compared with measurements performed with the ESA's Giotto and Hipparcos scientific missions.<>


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    Title :

    A new high performance multipurpose satellite tracking system


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    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


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    1761428 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English