This paper discusses orbit determination results for the Galileo satellite tour. Lacking a high gain antenna, the mission will use a low gain antenna for communication and tracking. This change implies far less navigation data will be available than previously expected. A baseline orbit analysis was completed assuming this decreased data schedule. Variations on this baseline were studied to determine sensitivity to data loss. Results indicate that the probability of completing the tour is less than 90 percent, although future improvements in orbit determination promise to raise the probability of completion above 90 percent.


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    Title :

    Galileo Satellite Tour: Orbit Determination


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA: Astrodynamics Conference


    Publication date :

    1993-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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