Statistical Orbit Determination

1 Orbit Determination Concepts
* Introduction
* UniformGravity Field Model
* Background and Overview < BR id=‘CRLF’>* Summary
* References
* Exerci ses

2 The Orbit Problem
* Hist orical Background
* Problem of Two Bodies: General Propert ies
* Perturbed Motion
* Coordinate Systems and Time: Introduction
* Orbit Accuracy
* Re ferences
* Exercises

3 Observa tions
* Introduction
* Observations
* Conceptual Measurement Systems * Realization of Mea surements
* Measurement Systems * Differenced Measurements
* Satellite Positions
* Angles
* References
* Exercises

4 Fundamentals of Orbit Determination
* Introducti on
* Linearization of the Orbit Determination Process * The Least Squares Solution
* The Minimum Varian