A GEOMETRIC SIMULTANEOUS MULTISTATION DETERMINATION, WITH CONSTRAINTS, USING DATA FROM GEODETIC SATELLITES,

Abstract

The optical and electronic data gathered from observations on geodetic satellites can be used in a simultaneous determination of all points on a trajectory along with the determination of the three dimensional coordinates of ground stations. Unlike other reductions in which the equations from all ground stations to a single trajectory point would be performed in a stepwise fashion, the procedure to be outlined assumes that the individual trajectory points are not mutually independent quantities. With this approach, a simultaneous, multistation, least square solution is performed. The entire matrix treatment of the multistation problem is not presented in this paper. Instead, much of the development is a heuristic treatment of the problem.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0634679

Entities

People

  • Lawrence A. Gambino

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Geodetic Satellites
  • Ground Stations
  • Observation
  • Orbits
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Stations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • United States Military Academy
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects