New GPS-based techniques for tracking high Earth orbiters are under evaluation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). One promising approach dispenses with the GPS flight receiver, employing instead a simple beacon on the user spacecraft.


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    Title :

    A Novel Use of GPS for Determining the Orbit of a Geosynchronous Satellite: The TDRS/GPS Demonstration


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    Publication date :

    1994-09-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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