Terrestrial locating
Abstract
The use of spaceborne Doppler radar to pinpoint buoys used for ocean data acquisition and search and rescue missions is described. The ARGOS oceanography project, involving position estimation of 4000 buoys in 24 hr with 1 km accuracy, and the SARGOS search and rescue project, locating 40 buoys within 90 min with accuracy of a few kilometers, are outlined.
- Publication:
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Satellite Motion: Lectures and Exercices on Space Mech.
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984smle.nasa..395B
- Keywords:
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- Buoys;
- Doppler Radar;
- Position (Location);
- Sarsat;
- Satellite-Borne Radar;
- Search Radar;
- Argos System;
- Doppler Effect;
- Ocean Data Acquisitions Systems;
- Position Errors;
- Rescue Operations;
- Astrodynamics