Geophysical parameters from the analysis of laser ranging to starlette
Abstract
Starlette Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data were used, along with several other satellite data sets, for the solution of a preliminary gravity field model for TOPEX, PTGF1. A further improvement in the earth gravity model was accomplished using data collected by 12 satellites to solve another preliminary gravity model for TOPEX, designated PTGF2. The solution for the Earth Rotation Parameter (ERP) was derived from the analysis of SLR data to Starlette during the MERIT Campaign. Starlette orbits in 1976 and 1983 were analyzed for the mapping of the tidal response of the earth. Publications and conference presentations pertinent to research are listed.
- Publication:
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Texas Univ., Austin Report
- Pub Date:
- May 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987uta..reptS....S
- Keywords:
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- Earth Rotation;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Laser Range Finders;
- Mapping;
- Annual Variations;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Data Processing;
- Drag;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Tides;
- Astrodynamics