High Degree Gravitational Sensitivity from Mars Orbiters for the GMM-1 Gravity Model
Title | High Degree Gravitational Sensitivity from Mars Orbiters for the GMM-1 Gravity Model PDF eBook |
Author | F. J. Lerch |
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Pages | 26 |
Release | 1994 |
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High Degree Gravitational Sensitivity from Mars Orbiters for the Gmm-1 Gravity Model
Title | High Degree Gravitational Sensitivity from Mars Orbiters for the Gmm-1 Gravity Model PDF eBook |
Author | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2018-07-05 |
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ISBN | 9781722269456 |
Orbital sensitivity of the gravity field for high degree terms (greater than 30) is analyzed on satellites employed in a Goddard Mars Model GMM-1, complete in spherical harmonics through degree and order 50. The model is obtained from S-band Doppler data on Mariner 9 (M9), Viking Orbiter 1 (VO1), and Viking Orbiter 2 (VO2) spacecraft, which were tracked by the NASA Deep Space Network on seven different highly eccentric orbits. The main sensitivity of the high degree terms is obtained from the VO1 and VO2 low orbits (300 km periapsis altitude), where significant spectral sensitivity is seen for all degrees out through degree 50. The velocity perturbations show a dominant effect at periapsis and significant effects out beyond the semi-latus rectum covering over 180 degrees of the orbital groundtrack for the low altitude orbits. Because of the wideband of periapsis motion covering nearly 180 degrees in w and +39 degrees in latitude coverage, the VO1 300 km periapsis altitude orbit with inclination of 39 degrees gave the dominant sensitivity in the GMM-1 solution for the high degree terms. Although the VO2 low periapsis orbit has a smaller band of periapsis mapping coverage, it strongly complements the VO1 orbit sensitivity for the GMM-1 solution with Doppler tracking coverage over a different inclination of 80 degrees. Lerch, F. J. and Smith, D. E. and Chan, J. C. and Patel, G. B. and Chinn, D. S. Goddard Space Flight Center RTOP 926-00-00...
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Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
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Pages | 938 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Title | Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports PDF eBook |
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Release | 1994 |
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Pages | 474 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Astronomy |
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