DocumentCode
897358
Title
Expected orbit determination performance for the TOPEX/Poseidon mission
Author
Nerem, R.S. ; Putney, BarbaraH ; Marshall, J. Andrew ; Lerch, FrancisJ ; Pavlis, ErricosC ; Klosko, StevenM ; Luthcke, ScottB ; Patel, GirishB ; Williamson, RonaldG ; Zelensky, NikitaP
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Volume
31
Issue
2
fYear
1993
fDate
3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
333
Lastpage
354
Abstract
The research that has been conducted in the Space Geodesy Branch at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in preparation for meeting the 13-cm radial orbit accuracy requirement for the TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) mission is described. New developments in modeling the Earth´s gravitational field and modeling the complex nonconservative forces acting on T/P are highlighted. The T/P error budget is reviewed, and a prelaunch assessment of the predicted orbit determination accuracies is summarized
Keywords
artificial satellites; gravity; Poseidon; TOPEX; error budget; gravity; nonconservative forces; orbit determination performance; radial orbit accuracy; Atmospheric modeling; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geodesy; Geophysics computing; Global Positioning System; Level measurement; NASA; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/36.214910
Filename
214910
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