Developments in the simulation of a geopotential research missionAn essential element of any satellite system that will be used to recover information about high degree and order terms in the geopotential model of the earth is one or more low altitude (about 160 km) satellites equipped with a drag compensation mechanism. To study the effects of various error sources and to test the new theoretical and numerical techniques that will be developed for such a mission, two simulated scenarios have been used with a geopotential model complete to degree and order 360 and Encke's method to numerically integrate the equations of motion. The two scenarios include the low-low dual satellite system with integrated, one-way Doppler measurements and the single satellite system with gradiometer measurements. The simulations include a reference orbit which is assumed to be available from conventional tracking systems.
Document ID
19880063162
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Schutz, B. E. (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Lundberg, J. B. (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
White, L. K. (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Antreasian, P. G. (Texas, University Austin, United States)