Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8132249 | Advances in Space Research | 2018 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
In our work, we demonstrate how the SLR ranging technique from one sensor to a satellite equipped with a RRA can be used to precisely determine its spin motion during one passage. Multiple SLR measurements of one target over time allow to accurately monitor spin motion changes which can be further used for attitude predictions. We show our solutions of the spin motion determined for the non-active ESA satellite Envisat obtained from measurements acquired during years 2013-2015 by the Zimmerwald SLR station, Switzerland. All the necessary parameters are defined for our own so-called point-like model which describes the motion of a point in space around the satellite centre of mass.
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Authors
Jean-Noël Pittet, JiÅÃ Å ilha, Thomas Schildknecht,