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Jee, J. Rodney

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NASA NTRS1993

A Look at a Day of Data from the TOPEX/POSEIDON GPS Receiver

On August 10, 1992, the Topex/Poseidon Satellite was launched into orbit about the Earth to begin its mission to chart the oceans' topography. One of the instruments on board this satellite is a receiver for tracking the navigational satellites of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS). The purpose of the receiver is to provide the data required to enable a demonstration of continuous sub-decimeter level positioning of Topex/Poseidon using the GPS. This discussion will briefly describe the data and then focus on the special statistical tools used to pre-process and monitor the large quantity of navigational data. It will be shown how robust regression splines provide useful models and residual diagnostics for the task. Numerous specialized graphics will be presented to show how the data are monitored in a daily operational environment.

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NASA NTRS1993

A Look at a Day of Data from The TOPEX/POSEIDON GPS Receiver

Launched on 10 August, 1992, the Topex/Poseidon satellite is a joint project of NASA and the French space agency CNES. The purpose of this Earth orbiting altimetric satellite (for brevity, referred to as Topex) is to enable monitoring of the ocean topography to higher levels of accuracy than previously achieved. Essential to obtaining this greater level of accuracy is the use of improved navigational systems which can yield position estimates for Topex good to a few centimeters. One of the navigational systems utilized by Topex is the Global Positioning System (GPS) -- a network of navigational beacons that has become widely used in many areas beside spacecraft navigation...

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NASA NTRS1988

Preliminary performance analysis of an interplanetary navigation system using asteroid based beacons

A futuristic interplanetary navigation system using transmitters placed on selected asteroids is introduced. This network of space beacons is seen as a needed alternative to the overly burdened Deep Space Network. Covariance analyses on the potential performance of these space beacons located on a candidate constellation of eight real asteroids are initiated. Simplified analytic calculations are performed to determine limiting accuracies attainable with the network for geometric positioning. More sophisticated computer simulations are also performed to determine potential accuracies using long arcs of range and Doppler data from the beacons. The results from these computations show promise for this navigation system.

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