Citation
Abstract
Accurate spacecraft navigation using radio metric data requires knowledge of the locations of the tracking stations. Through analysis of a variety of space-geodetic data, the locations of many DSN antennas are known with centimeter-level accuracy. Newer DSN antennas have had their positions determined by a combination of Global Positioning System measurements and conventional survey, with decimeterlevel accuracy. The locations of the DSN antennas are given, in a reference frame consistent with the Earth orientation calibrations routinely delivered to navigation teams. The uncertainties in the antenna locations are also described.
Details
- Volume
- 42-128
- Published
- February 15, 1997
- Pages
- 1–34
- File Size
- 408.2 KB