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Using an efficient and robust combination of a kinematic and reduced-dynamic orbit determination procedure CHAMP GPS data spanning about eleven months are processed and different aspects are addressed. Kinematic solutions are generated with and without elevation-dependent weighting of the observations in order to study the impact on the solution. GPS clock corrections with a sampling rate of 30 seconds and of 5 minutes, both interpolated to 10 seconds, are used. The orbit results are compared with the Post-processed Science Orbits from the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany, with orbit solutions from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and they are validated with SLR measurements.
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Bock, H., Hugentobler, U., Jäggi, A., Beutler, G. (2005). Precise Orbit Determination for CHAMP Using an Efficient Kinematic and Reduced-Dynamic Procedure. In: Reigber, C., Lühr, H., Schwintzer, P., Wickert, J. (eds) Earth Observation with CHAMP. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26800-6_25
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