CALIBRATION OF DOPPLER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS BY SHORT ARC SOLUTION FOR STATION COORDINATES

Abstract

This report presents the results obtained by using the short arc method to determine station coordinates for the purpose of calibrating the Doppler instrumentation used in determining geodetic parameters from satellite observations. The coordinates obtained were within three standard deviations of surveyed station coordinates in the majority of cases. Since this represented differences of five to ten meters, depending on the relative positions of the stations, when 24 arcs were combined, it is concluded that Doppler data processed by the short arc method give a reliable estimate of station positions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 1964
Accession Number
AD0433978

Entities

People

  • E. H. Nott

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Calibration
  • Computations
  • Data Processing
  • Engineering
  • Geodesy
  • Geodetic Surveys
  • Geography
  • Instrumentation
  • Model Basins
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Virginia
  • Weapons
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris