Improvement of ephemeris by observations of one station.
Abstract
The intended use of daylight tracking in laser range measurements at Potsdam requires precise ephemeris predictions. It is shown that the required precise orbital elements can be obtained by using fictitious world-wide observations to stabilize the almost singular normal equations.
- Publication:
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Artificial Satellites
- Pub Date:
- January 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980ArtSa..15...63D
- Keywords:
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- Ephemerides;
- Laser Ranger/Tracker;
- Optical Tracking;
- Orbital Elements;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Curve Fitting;
- Error Analysis;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking;
- Artificial Satellites:Orbit Improvement