This article evaluates two fundamentally different approaches to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) orbit determination utilizing Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and GPS-related techniques. In the first, a GPS flight receiver is deployed on the TDRS. The TDRS ephemerides are determined using direct ranging to the GPS spacecraft, and no ground network is required. In the second approach, the TDRS's broadcast a suitable beacon signal, permitting the simultaneous tracking of GPS and Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System satellites by ground receivers. Both strategies can be designed to meet future operational requirements for TDRS-II orbit determination.


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    Title :

    Review of GPS-Based Tracking Techniques for TDRS Orbit Determination


    Contributors:
    B. J. Haines (author) / S. M. Lichten (author) / R. P. Malla (author) / S. Wu (author)

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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