On deflections of vertical determined from HY-2A/GM altimetry data in the Bay of Bengal

H Ji, J Guo, C Zhu, J Yuan, X Liu… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite altimetry is an important technique to derive oceanic deflections of vertical (DOV).
HaiYang-2A (HY-2A) is the first Chinese altimetry satellite launched in August 2011 to …

Improving multiple LEO combination for SLR-based geodetic parameters determination using variance component estimation

X Li, Y Fu, K Zhang, Y Yuan, J Wu, J Lou - Journal of Geodesy, 2024 - Springer
The combination of satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations to various low earth orbit
(LEO) satellites can enhance the accuracy and robustness of SLR-derived geodetic …

Impact of network constraining on the terrestrial reference frame realization based on SLR observations to LAGEOS

R Zajdel, K Sośnica, M Drożdżewski, G Bury… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) network struggles with some major limitations
including an inhomogeneous global station distribution and uneven performance of SLR …

The facilities and performance of TianQin laser ranging station

C Zhang, T Gao, Y Cao, Z Fan, H Fu… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The TianQin Project is aiming at gravitational wave (GW) detection in space.
TianQin GW observatory comprises three satellites orbiting on 1× 10 5 km Earth orbits to …

[HTML][HTML] Detector-specific issues in Satellite Laser Ranging to Swarm-A/B/C satellites

D Strugarek, K Sośnica, R Zajdel, G Bury - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) to Low Earth Orbiters (LEOs) is traditionally used to
validate orbits derived by microwave techniques, eg, Global Positioning System (GPS). For …

Determination of global geodetic parameters using satellite laser ranging measurements to sentinel-3 satellites

D Strugarek, K Sośnica, D Arnold, A Jäggi, R Zajdel… - Remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sentinel-3A/3B (S3A/B) satellites are equipped with a number of precise instruments
dedicated to the measurement of surface topography, sea and land surface temperatures …

On GPS data quality of GRACE-FO and GRACE satellites: Effects of phase center variation and satellite attitude on precise orbit determination

Y Xia, X Liu, J Guo, Z Yang, L Qi, B Ji… - Acta geodaetica et …, 2021 - Springer
As the gravity formation flying spacecraft jointly developed by National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and German Research Centre for Geosciences, the Gravity Recovery …

Validating precise orbit determination from satellite-borne GPS data of Haiyang-2D

J Guo, G Wang, H Guo, M Lin, H Peng, X Chang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) is the fourth satellite in the marine dynamic satellite series established
by China. It was successfully launched on 19 May 2021, marking the era of the 3-satellite …

Lasers for satellite uplinks and downlinks

M Dmytryszyn, M Crook, T Sands - Sci, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (ie, LASERs or lasers) by
the US Department of Defense is not new and includes laser weapons guidance, laser …

Effect of higher-order ionospheric delay on precise orbit determination of GRACE-FO based on satellite-borne GPS technique

L Qi, J Guo, Y Xia, Z Yang - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ionospheric delay is one of the main errors in precise orbit determination (POD) of Gravity
Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) with satellite-borne GPS …