The uncertainty in relay satellite state is a significant error source which cannot be ignored in the reduction of satellite-to-satellite tracking data. Based on simulations and real data reductions, it is numerically impractical to use simultaneous unconstrained solutions to determine both relay and user satellite epoch states. A Bayesian or least squares estimation technique with an a priori procedure is presented which permits the adjustment of relay satellite epoch state in the reduction of satellite-to-satellite tracking data without the numerical difficulties introduced by an ill-conditioned normal matrix.
Orbit Determination Accuracies Using Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking
1977
38 pages
Report
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English
Orbit determination accuracies using satellite-to-satellite tracking
Tema Archive | 1978
|Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Orbit Determination
AIAA | 1979
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