Abstract
The radial velocity of a satellite orbiting the earth is measured by means of radiotransillumination of the earth's troposphere on a path between a point on the ground and the satellite. The data are used to solve the inverse problem of the reflection of radiowaves -- the determination of the altitude profile of the refractive index of the troposphere -- and then to calculate the refraction tropospheric corrections to the radio measurements of the range and velocity of the satellite. The potential possibilities of the proposed algorithm are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-167 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Soviet journal of communications technology & electronics |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Mar 1987 |