Publication Date:
2020-02-12
Description:
Laser tracking to GPS satelites (PRN5 and 6) provides an opportunity to compare GPS and laser systems directly and to combine data of both in a single solution. A few examples of this are given in this study. The most important results of the analysis are that: daily SLR station coordinate solutions could be generated with a few cm accuracy; coordinates of nine stations were determined in a 2.3-yr-long arc solution; the contribution of laser data on the 'SLR-GPS' combined orbit, resulting from the simultaneous processing of SLR and GPS data, is significant; and laser-only orbits have an accuracy of 10-20cm, 1-day predictions of SLR orbits differ from IGS orbits by about 20-40cm, 2-day predictions by 50-60cm.
Keywords:
550 - Earth sciences
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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