Results of the ATS-6/GEOS-3 and the ATS-6/NIMBUS-6 satellite-to-satellite tracking orbit determination experiments to be applied to the NASA geostationary Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) starting in 1980, are presented. A satellite radio or laser tracking system performed measurements of such parameters as range, range ratio, angles and direction cosines to a spacecraft relative to a given tracking station. Resolutions of 1 meter in range and .03 cm/sec in range rate for a 1 second averaging were achieved showing that with proper data reduction procedures the tracking data relay satellite system should provide orbit determination capability comparable to what is normally obtainable from ground based systems.
Orbit determination accuracies using satellite-to-satellite tracking
PLANS 1978; Position Location and Navigation Symposium ; 1978 ; San Diego, CA
1978-01-01
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Orbit determination accuracies using satellite-to-satellite tracking
Tema Archive | 1978
|Satellite-to-satellite tracking orbit determination
AIAA | 1978
|Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Orbit Determination
AIAA | 1979
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