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Ionospheric range-rate effects in satellite-to-satellite tracking
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lipofsky, J. R. Bent, R. B. Schmid, P. E. Llewellyn, S. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1977 |
| Description | Investigation of ionospheric range and range-rate corrections in satellite-to-satellite tracking were investigated. Major problems were cited and the magnitude of errors that have to be considered for communications between satellites and related experiments was defined. The results point to the need of using a sophisticated modeling approach incorporating daily solar data, and where possible actual ionospheric measurements as update information, as a simple median model cannot possibly account for the complex interaction of the many variables. The findings provide a basis from which the residual errors can be estimated after ionospheric modeling is incorporated in the reduction. Simulations were performed for satellites at various heights: Apollo, Geos, and Nimbus tracked by ATS-6; and in two different geometric configurations: coplanar and perpendicular orbits. |
| File Size | 3147663 |
| Page Count | 84 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19780018222 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t98679p24 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1977-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles Satellite-to-satellite Tracking Atmospheric Models Spacecraft Communication Satellite Tracking Range Errors Satellite Configurations Earth Ionosphere Range and Range Rate Tracking Flight Simulation 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 |
