A study has been made to determine the accuracy with which geopotential may be recovered using the principle of conservation of energy. The improvement resulting from the use of altimeter measurements over selected oceans areas was also investigated. Satellite position and velocity were determined by using range and range rate measurements for a system (621B) of high orbiting satellites whose own positions and velocities had previously been determined by ranging from known ground stations.


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    Title :

    Geopotential Determination from Satellite to Satellite Tracking and Satellite Altimetry


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    81 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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