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Orbit Determination

Orbit Determination is the scientific process within astrodynamics, celestial mechanics, and orbital mechanics that consists of estimating the trajectory of a celestial or artificial body in space by analyzing observational data to infer its orbital elements or state vector.

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Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

W. J. Borucki, David Koch, Gibor Basri et al. · Science · 2010 · 4.1K citations

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Understanding GPS. Principles and applications

Michael J. Rycroft · Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics · 1997 · 3.4K citations

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<i>Tracking and Data Association</i>

Yaakov Bar‐Shalom, Thomas Fortmann, Peter G. Cable · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1990 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment: a method for fast GPS integer ambiguity estimation

P. J. G. Teunissen · Journal of Geodesy · 1995 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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The generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram

M. Zechmeister, M. Kürster · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2009 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Authors

11.8K

  1. OM
    Oliver Montenbruck

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    97 publications · 6.9K citations

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  2. UH
    Urs Hugentobler

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    49 publications · 2.9K citations

    29

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  3. QZ
    Qile Zhao

    Wuhan University, China

    42 publications · 2.5K citations

    27

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  4. AJ
    Adrian Jäggi

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    45 publications · 2.8K citations

    27

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  5. PS
    Peter Steigenberger

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    33 publications · 2.6K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    59 h-index

    695 publications

    46.1K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    49 h-index

    367 publications

    39.5K citations

  3. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    45 h-index

    297 publications

    17.4K citations

  4. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    44 h-index

    702 publications

    31.1K citations

  5. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    42 h-index

    205 publications

    11.3K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    41 h-index

    274 publications

    26.4K citations

  7. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    38 h-index

    260 publications

    16.7K citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    38 h-index

    268 publications

    16.1K citations

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  1. GPS Solutions

    242 publications · 14.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Geodesy

    180 publications · 13.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    185 publications · 10.6K citations

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  4. Advances in Space Research

    282 publications · 9.3K citations

    46

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 80 publications · 6.2K citations

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