Results of operational orbit determination, performed as part of the TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) Global Positioning System (GPS) demonstration experiment, are presented in this article. Elements of this experiment include the GPS satellite constellation, the GPS demonstration receiver on board T/P, six ground GPS receivers, the GPS Data Handling Facility, and the GPS Data Processing Facility (GDPF). Carrier phase and P-code pseudorange measurements from up to 24 GPS satellites to the seven GPS receivers are processed simultaneously with the GDPF software MIRAGE to produce orbit solutions of T/P and the GPS satellites. Daily solutions yield subdecimeter radial accuracies compared to other GPS, LASER, and DORIS precision orbit solutions.


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    Title :

    TOPEX/POSEIDON Operational Orbit Determination Results Using Global Positioning Satellites


    Contributors:
    J. Guinn (author) / J. Jee (author) / P. Wolff (author) / F. Lagattuta (author) / T. Drain (author)

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    TOPEX/Poseidon Operational Orbit Determination Results Using Global Positioning Satellites

    Guinn, J. R. / Wolff, P. J. / American Astronautical Society et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    TOPEX/poseidon Operational Orbit Determination Results using Global Positioning Satellites (AAS 93-573)

    Quinn, J. R. / Wolff, P. J. / American Astronautical Society | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993