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Station coordinates for geos-c altimeter calibration and experimentation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Walls, D. M. Marsh, J. G. Douglas, B. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | Station coordinates are given for the C-band radar GEOS-C altimeter calibration sites at Bermuda, Merritt, Grand Turk, and Wallops Islands. The coordinates were estimated in a multi-arc dynamic solution using GEOS-2 C-band radar and laser ranges with a priori information from the GSFC-1973 station coordinate solution. Comparisons with other solutions suggest a relative uncertainty of a few meters in each coordinate. Data reductions show that station coordinates of this quality can introduce a rapidly changing error into the altitude of a satellite whose orbit is determined from calibration area data alone. In contrast, global tracking constrains the orbit and results in slowly varying satellite position error. |
| File Size | 521499 |
| Page Count | 27 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750002341 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t06x44b0m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Error Analysis Global Tracking Network Calibrating Tracking Stations Altimeters Data Reduction Geos 3 Satellite Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
