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The effect of clock, media, and station location errors on doppler measurement accuracy
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Miller, J. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Doppler tracking by the Deep Space Network (DSN) is the primary radio metric data type used by navigation to determine the orbit of a spacecraft. The accuracy normally attributed to orbits determined exclusively with Doppler data is about 0.5 microradians in geocentric angle. Recently, the Doppler measurement system has evolved to a high degree of precision primarily because of tracking at X-band frequencies (7.2 to 8.5 GHz). However, the orbit determination system has not been able to fully utilize this improved measurement accuracy because of calibration errors associated with transmission media, the location of tracking stations on the Earth's surface, the orientation of the Earth as an observing platform, and timekeeping. With the introduction of Global Positioning System (GPS) data, it may be possible to remove a significant error associated with the troposphere. In this article, the effect of various calibration errors associated with transmission media, Earth platform parameters, and clocks are examined. With the introduction of GPS calibrations, it is predicted that a Doppler tracking accuracy of 0.05 microradians is achievable. |
| File Size | 712460 |
| Page Count | 15 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930020399 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4xh4hr8w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-05-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Communications And Navigation Tracking Stations Orbit Calculation Troposphere Global Positioning System Superhigh Frequencies Radar Tracking Errors Accuracy Deep Space Network Doppler Radar Spacecraft Tracking Space Navigation Clocks Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
