The Adequacy of Standard Weather in Orbit Determination.

Abstract

Comparison of TRANSIT satellite orbits computed from Geoceiver observations using both real and NWL standard surface weather reveals maximum orbit differences of less than 2.0 meters. Furthermore, the introduction of refraction bias parameters into the orbit solutions can significantly increase solution accuracies. The results indicate that standard weather used in the NWL tropospheric refraction model with refraction bias parameters is adequate for orbit determination. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780790

Entities

People

  • Patrick James Fell

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Observation
  • Orbits
  • Refraction
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

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