Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2006: Satellite orbits and attitude session at theFall AGU From: Appleby, Graham M. ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2011-07-25 06:22:02 UTC Message No. 2006 ******************************************************************************** Author: Marek Ziebart and Pascal Willis With apologies for cross posting..... This year´s AGU Fall Meeting features a session (described below) on satellite orbit and attitude modelling/estimation - please consider submitting an abstract. The deadline for submissions is August 4th, 2011. Use the URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/ and the session number (G17) to find further details. Satellite Orbits and Attitude: attacking the error budgets (session G17). Accurate satellite orbit and attitude determination underpin geodesy: errors in such parameters alias easily into data products (e.g. geocenter motion or sea level rise). New GNSS constellations are being launched and new position-critical LEO missions (Jason-2, GOCE, Cryosat-2) are on orbit. Our challenge is to determine orbits at the centimetre/sub-centimetre levelHowever, modelling of satellite surface forces is still problematic. Time series analysis of estimated tracking station coordinates indicates significant energy in residuals at draconitic and beta-prime (solar) related periods. We invite papers across the orbit and attitude domain, at all altitudes and inclinations: near earth, deep space and other planets. We hope to see you there. Yours, Marek (Ziebart) and Pascal (Willis) Marek Ziebart Professor of Space Geodesy Director, Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Engineering Sciences University College London, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT EMAIL: marek@cege.ucl.ac.uk TEL: +44 (0) 20 7679 1359 (Direct Dial) INTERNAL: 31359 FAX: +44 (0) 20 7679 3042 SKYPE: marek.ziebart WEB: http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/ OFFICE: Room 118, 1st floor, Chadwick Building ”Every honest researcher I know admits he´s just a professional amateur. He´s doing whatever he´s doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he´s going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional. ” Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) U. S. Engineer and Inventor. ********************************************************************************