The TOPES/POSEIDON satellite is maintained in a nearly circular, frozen orbit at an altitude of =1336 km. and an inclination of i = 66.4, which provides an exact repeat ground track every 127 revolutions and overflies two altimetry verifications sites.


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    Title :

    Using Anomalous Along-Track Forces for Topex/Poseidon Ground Track Control


    Contributors:
    Shapiro, B. (author) / Bhat, R. (author) / Frauenholz, R. (author)

    Publication date :

    1993-02-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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