An experiment in microprocessor-based onboard orbit determination has been conducted at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The experiment collected forward-link observation data in real time from a prototype transponder and performed orbit estimation on a typical low-earth scientific satellite. This paper discusses the hardware and organizational configurations of the experiment, the structure of the onboard software, the mathematical models, and the experiment results.


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    Title :

    FEDS - An experiment with a microprocessor-based orbit determination system using TDRS data


    Contributors:
    Shank, D. (author) / Pajerski, R. (author)

    Publication date :

    1986-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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