Precise tracking of the Magellan and Pioneer Venus orbiters by Same-Beam Interferometry. Part 2: Orbit determination analysis

Details Precise tracking of the Magellan and Pioneer Venus orbiters by Same-Beam Interferometry. Part 2: Orbit determination analysis Precise tracking of the Magellan and Pioneer Venus orbiters by Same-Beam Interferometry. Part 2: Orbit determination analysis

May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993tdar.nasa...22f&link_type=abstract

In its The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report p 22-36 (SEE N93-29586 11-32)

Computer Science

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Interferometry, Orbit Calculation, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Satellite Doppler Positioning, Line Of Sight, Radio Antennas, Spacecraft Antennas

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A new radio metric positioning technique has demonstrated improved orbit determination accuracy for the Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiter orbiters. The new technique, known as Same-Beam Interferometry (SBI), is applicable to the positioning of multiple planetary rovers, landers, and orbiters which may simultaneously be observed in the same beamwidth of Earth-based radio antennas. Measurements of carrier phase are differenced between spacecraft and between receiving stations to determine the plane-of-sky components of the separation vector(s) between the spacecraft. The SBI measurements complement the information contained in line-of-sight Doppler measurements, leading to improved orbit determination accuracy. Orbit determination solutions have been obtained for a number of 48-hour data arcs using combinations of Doppler, differenced-Doppler, and SBI data acquired in the spring of 1991. Orbit determination accuracy is assessed by comparing orbit solutions from adjacent data arcs. The orbit solution differences are shown to agree with expected orbit determination uncertainties. The results from this demonstration show that the orbit determination accuracy for Magellan obtained by using Doppler plus SBI data is better than the accuracy achieved using Doppler plus differenced-Doppler by a factor of four and better than the accuracy achieved using only Doppler by a factor of eighteen. The orbit determination accuracy for Pioneer Venus Orbiter using Doppler plus SBI data is better than the accuracy using only Doppler data by 30 percent.

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