Orbit Determination from Passive Range Observations |
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| Authors: | Pisacane VL Mcconahy RJ Pryor LL Whisnant JM Black HD |
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| Institution: | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Silver Spring, Md. 20910; |
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| Abstract: | An experiment is described by which the ephemeris of a near-synchronous satellite was determined from passive range observations. The data consist of the measured times of reception at ground tracking stations of electromagnetic signals which are radiated from the satellite at regular intervals. A comparison of the ephemeris to one obtained from Doppler tracking indicates an accuracy of better than 4.9 mrad rms. |
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