NDLI: Requirements Analysis for Future Satellite Gravity Mission Improved-GRACE

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Author	Zheng, Wei Hsu, Houtse Zhong, Min Yun, Meijuan
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The Earth’s gravitational field from the Next-Generation Gravimetry Mission (NGGM) and the Improved-Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Improved-GRACE) complete up to degree and order 120 is recovered by a closed-loop numerical simulation using different orbital altitudes of 325 and 300 km, different orbital inclinations of 96.78° and 89° and different inter-satellite ranges of 10 and 50 km. The preferred orbit parameters of the future twin Improved-GRACE satellites are proposed based on the results of the simulations in this study. The research results show: (1) In order to achieve the scientific objectives, which require that the accuracy of the next-generation Earth gravity field models is at least one order of magnitude better than that of the current gravity models, the orbit design at an altitude of 300 ± 50 km is recommended for the future Improved-GRACE mission. This altitude is determined by a trade-off analysis between the recovery accuracy of the gravity field and the operational lifetime of the satellite system. (2) Because the accuracy of the Earth’s gravitational field from NGGM with an orbital inclination of 96.78° will be decreased due to a lack of the observation data in the polar areas, we propose that a near-polar orbit (inclination of 89° ± 2°) is a preferable selection for the future twin Improved-GRACE satellites. (3) The future Improved-GRACE mission has to adopt an inter-satellite range of 50 ± 10 km, because the common signals of the Earth’s gravitational field between the twin NGGM satellites will be substantially eliminated with a shorter inter-satellite range of 10 km. With these orbit design parameters, the Earth’s gravitational field from the Improved-GRACE mission is precisely recovered complete up to degree and order 120 with a cumulative geoid height error of about 0.7 mm.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	109
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01693298
Journal	Surveys in Geophysics
Volume Number	36
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730956
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-09-10
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Improved-GRACE NGGM Requirements analysis Orbital parameter Satellite gravity recovery Geophysics/Geodesy Earth Sciences Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geophysics Geochemistry and Petrology

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