A Mathematical Description of the PULSAR Doppler Satellite Tracking Data Editor.

Abstract

The PULSAR system has been developed to provide a sophisticated Doppler satellite tracking data editing capability. This system utilizes not only coarse editing methods, but also statistical techniques for observation editing within a station pass. Pass consistency editing is also employed to identify and edit entire passes of unacceptable tracking data. This document provides a self-contained detailed description of the mathematical and processing methodologies used by the PULSAR system. Included are discussions of pertinent coordinate reference frames; force models; variational equations; time calibration procedures; observation correction methods; the state estimation and parameter improvement process; data quality statistics; and associated numerical techniques. Additional keywords: data processing; data flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA154601

Entities

People

  • A. D. Parks
  • T. I. Hicks

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Geometry
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Orbital Elements
  • Reference Ellipsoids
  • Variational Equations

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects