DocumentCode
1121834
Title
Orbit Determination from Passive Range Observations
Author
Pisacane, V.L. ; Mcconahy, R.J. ; Pryor, L.L. ; Whisnant, J.M. ; Black, H.D.
Author_Institution
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Silver Spring, Md. 20910
Issue
4
fYear
1974
fDate
7/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
487
Lastpage
491
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.
Keywords
Clocks; Costs; Electromagnetic measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Passive radar; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Space vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1974.307802
Filename
4101254
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