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Error analysis for relay type satellite-aided search and rescue systemsAn analysis is made of the errors in the determination of the position of an emergency transmitter in a satellite-aided search and rescue system. The satellite is assumed to be at a height of 820 km in a near-circular near polar orbit. Short data spans of four minutes or less are used. The error sources considered are measurement noise, transmitter frequency drift, ionospheric effects, and error in the assumed height of the transmitter. The errors are calculated for several different transmitter positions, data rates, and data spans. The only transmitter frequency used was 406 MHz, but the result can be scaled to different frequencies.
Document ID
19800030776
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Marini, J. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Information Extraction Div., Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Volume: AES-15
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Accession Number
80A14946
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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