The Short-Term Quality of NAVSTAR Tracking Data.

Abstract

For several months, two Navstar satellites have been intensively tracked by three monitor stations located in California, Hawaii and Alaska. Analysis of this tracking data shows that its short-term quality is high. This report discusses the tracking data, a technique for analyzing the data, and the results of this analysis. The application of this technique to evaluate the performance of atomic frequency standards in the satellite is presented. The effect of two-frequency ionospheric correction on the short-term quality of the tracking data is also discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA068238

Entities

People

  • P. S. Jorgensen

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Corporations
  • Cross Correlation
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • L Band
  • Modulation
  • Navigation
  • Pseudo Random Sequences
  • Repetition Rate
  • Shift Registers
  • Space Communications
  • Square Roots
  • Standards

Readers

  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space