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Lageos mission analyses. [error sources in orbit selection
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cooley, J. L. Squires, R. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | Two error sources are found to be compatible and significant for the parameters affecting the LAGEOS mission. The first error source is the uncertainty in the gravity model, and the second error source is the radiation pressure which includes direct radiation, albedo radiation, and earth shine. Retrograde orbits increase the number of passes per day over the tracking stations at the expense of also increasing the number of time gaps when no station is observing. It is shown that relativistic effects are significant and must be included in orbit computation and determination systems for this mission. If station locations are known only to one meter, the error in the satellite orbits is comparable with solar pressure induced errors. |
| File Size | 1156621 |
| Page Count | 42 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740010373 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8gf5kb7m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Sciences Lageos Satellite Error Analysis Laser Ranger/tracker Geopotential Satellite Tracking Orbit Calculation Tracking Networks Relativistic Effects Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
