SHIP TRACKING VIA SATELLITE: AN ERROR ANALYSIS

Under the assumption of complete ephemeris information about a satellite orbiting the earth, a ship wishes to estimate its location and velocity using only range readings of the ship-to-satellite distance at various times. An error analysis is carried out for Gelfands method 3. Satisfying results were obtained for estimates of location, but not for velocity. Tables are appended.

• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Stanford, CA  United States  94305
• Authors:
  • Cooke, P J
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Navigational satellites; Satellite navigation systems; Ships; Tracking systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship tracking
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015074
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM