Bertone, Stefano; Jäggi, Adrian; Arnold, Daniel; Beutler, Gerhard; Mervart, Leos (October 2015). Doppler Orbit Determination of Deep Space Probes by the Bernese GNSS Software: First Results of the Combined Orbit Determination from DSN and Inter-Satellite Ka-Band Data from the Grail Mission. In: 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ISSFD. Munich, Germany. 19.– 23.10.2015.
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Navigation of deep space probes is most commonly operated using the spacecraft Doppler tracking technique. Orbital parameters are determined from a series of repeated measurements of the frequency shift of a microwave carrier over a given integration time. Currently, both ESA and NASA operate antennas at several sites around the world to ensure the tracking of deep space probes. Just a small number of software packages are nowadays used to process Doppler observations. The Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB) has recently started the development of Doppler data processing capabilities within the Bernese GNSS Software. This software has been extensively used for Precise Orbit Determination of Earth orbiting satellites using GPS data collected by on-board receivers and for subsequent determination of the Earth gravity field. In this paper, we present the currently achieved status of the Doppler data modeling and orbit determination capabilities in the Bernese GNSS Software using GRAIL data. In particular we will focus on the implemented orbit determination procedure used for the combined analysis of Doppler and intersatellite Ka-band data. We show that even at this earlier stage of the development we can achieve an accuracy of few mHz on two-way S-band Doppler observation and of 2 µm/s on KBRR data from the GRAIL primary mission phase.
Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Astronomy 08 Faculty of Science > Other Institutions > Emeriti, Faculty of Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bertone, Stefano, Jäggi, Adrian, Arnold, Daniel, Beutler, Gerhard, Mervart, Leos |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 520 Astronomy |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pierre Fridez |
Date Deposited: |
04 Dec 2015 10:13 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:50 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.73396 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/73396 |
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