Publication Date:
2019-07-27
Description:
Discussion of the possible effectiveness of an earth-based ephemeris development program for the outer planet natural satellites. Technologies for obtaining and reducing photographic plates are available and new satellite theories needed for data processing are being developed. It is shown that satellite ephemeris accuracies could be reduced to hundreds of km by the end of the 1970s. An earth-based program would have great benefits to future outer planet missions requiring this level of accuracy.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
AIAA PAPER 72-904
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and American Astronautical Society, Astrodynamics Conference, Palo Alto; Sept. 11-12, 1972; Palo Alto, CA
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text
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