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Schutz et al. 1990
Schutz, B.E., Ho, C.S., Abusali, P.A.M. and Tapley, B.D. (1990). CASA UNO GPS orbit and baseline experiments. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00177. issn: 0094-8276.

CASA UNO data from sites distributed in longitude from Australia to Europe have been used to determine orbits of the GPS satellites. The characteristics of the orbits determined from double difference phase have been evaluated through comparisons of two-week solutions with one-week solutions and by comparisons of predicted and estimated orbits. Evidence of unmodeled effects is demonstrated, particularly associated with the orbit planes that experience solar eclipse. The orbit accuracy has been assessed through the repeatability of unconstrained estimated baseline vectors ranging from 245 km to 5400 km. Both the baseline repeatability and the comparison with independent space geodetic methods give results at the level of 1--2 parts in 108. In addition, the Mojave/Owens Valley (245 km) and Kokee Park/Ft. Davis (5409 km) estimates agree with VLBI and SLR to better than 1 part in 108. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Geodesy and Gravity, Control surveys, Information Related to Geographic Region, South America
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