Title
Precise relative orbit determination of twin GRACE satellites
Abstract
When formation flying spacecrafts are used as platform to gain earth oriented observation, precise baselines between these spacecrafts are always essential. Gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) mission is aimed at mapping the global gravity field and its variation. Accurate baseline of GRACE satellites is necessary for the gravity field modeling. The determination of kinematic and reduced dynamic relative orbits of twin satellites has been studied in this paper, and an accuracy of 2 mm for dynamic relative orbits and 5 mm for kinematic ones can be obtained, whereby most of the double difference onboard GPS ambiguities are resolved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s11806-010-0362-2
Geo-spatial Information Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
gravity field modeling,formation flying spacecraft,grace,relative orbit determination,orbit determination
Orbit determination,Satellite,Kinematics,Double difference,Gravitational field,Remote sensing,Global Positioning System,Geodesy,Mathematics,Spacecraft
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
3
1993-5153
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qile Zhao15417.47
Zhigang Hu2123.55
Jing Guo3228.95
Min Li42411.15
Maorong Ge52919.02