Tracking systems, their mathematical models and their errors.
Part I,
Theory /
by F.O. Vonbun and W.D. Kahn.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962.
- Summary
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This paper treats the RMS-errors associated with the position and velocity of a satellite or spacecraft when tracked by all types of present day tracking systems. These errors are based on uncertainties in measurements made with the systems as well as those associated with their location. The present paper (Part I) is principally a theoretical treatment which establishes the mathematical models necessary to solve for the errors in satellite position and velocity. It is presumed throughout the paper that these errors are to be determined for discrete points in the satellite's orbit. This approach enables one to calculate the error propagation during short time intervals (order of seconds). This is of particular interest for instance for evaluation of a guidance system during a short burning phase. A least square solution of non-simultaneous observations would diverge (matrices involved become ill-conditioned). This condition imposes a constraint on the method of solution which is, that either one tracking system can measure both position and/or velocity, or that several tracking systems observe the satellite simultaneously to produce the equivalent effect. Both these alternatives are considered in Part I.
- Note
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Document ID: 19630000303.
"NASA TN D-1471."
"Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Maryland."
"October 1962."
Cover title.
Also available via Internet from NASA Technical Reports Server.
- Physical Description
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iii, 46 p. :
ill. ;
27 cm.
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