PRARE system performance
PRARE system performance
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PRARE系统性能
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1997
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通讯作者:
A. Teubel
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作者:
S. Bedrich;F. Flechtner;C. Förste;C. Reigber;A. Teubel
The two-way microwave satellite tracking system PRARE is in continuous operation onboard ERS-2 since May 1, 1995. With the assistance of a global network of mobile, autonomous PRARE ground stations, the PRARE space segment produces nearly permanently two-way pn-coded range and carrier shifted doppler measurements at sub-dm resp. sub-mm/s level of accuracy. These data are used by a number of international user groups to derive higher-level geodynamic products such as ERS-2 orbits, ground station coordinate solutions, Earth gravity field parameters, or ionospheric quantities. The paper describes the up-to-date status and performances of the PRARE space segment, the PRARE ground tracking network and the PRARE control segment consisting of the Master Station in Oberpfaffenhofen, the Monitoring and System Command Station in Stuttgart and the Calibration Station in Potsdam Additionally, some of the important data flow and preprocessing procedures as well as relevant data quantity, quality, validation, and distribution routines are summarized. Finally, some results of external calibration campaigns PRARE vs. laser and of a dedicated time transfer experiment with PRARE are presented.