The U.S/France Jason-1 oceanographic mission is carrying state-of-the-art radiometric tracking systems (GPS and Doris) to support precise orbit determination (POD) requirements. The performance of the systems is strongly reflected in the early POD results. Results of both internal and external (e.g., satellite laser ranging) comparisons support that the 2.5 cm radial Rh4S requirement is being readily met, and provide reasons for optimism that 1 cm can be achieved. We discuss the POD strategy underlying these orbits, as well as the challenging issues that bear on the understanding and characterization of an orbit solution at the l-cm level. We also describe a system for producing science quality orbits in near real time in order to support emerging applications in operational oceanography.


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    Title :

    Intial orbit determination results for Jason-1: towards a 1-cm orbit


    Contributors:
    Haines, B. J. (author) / Haines, B. (author) / Bertiger, W. (author) / Desai, S. (author) / Kuang, D. (author) / Munson, T. (author) / Reichert, A. (author) / Young, L. (author) / Willis, P. (author)

    Conference:

    ION GPS 2002


    Publication date :

    2002-09-24


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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