The Naval Space Command Automatic Differential Correction Process

Abstract

The Naval Space Command maintains a database of orbital elements for the objects in the space catalog. This report is a documentation of the software which inputs new observations of a satellite and its old element set and outputs a new element set. Topics covered include: mathematics of batch least squares differential correction process, definition of fit span and passes, calculation of residuals and partials, inclusion of historical data, solution to normal equations, iterations and tolerances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA530616

Entities

People

  • D. A. Danielson
  • David Canright
  • Deborah N. Perini
  • Paul W. Schumacher Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Direction Finding
  • Doppler Effect
  • Elevation
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Numbers
  • Orbital Elements
  • Space Surveillance
  • United States

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris