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A technique to determine the initial relative velocity of two satellites at the initial time instant, based on the results of NORAD system’s measurements, is presented. The determination of a relative initial position is shown to result in the unsatisfactory accuracy. This technique is applied to determining the initial velocity of separation of the first Russian nanosatellite TNS-0 from the International Space Station.
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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Ovchinnikov, S.S. Tkachev, 2008, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2008, vol.46, No. 6, pp. 554–559.
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Ovchinnikov, M.Y., Tkachev, S.S. Determination of two Satellites’ relative motion using tracking measurements. Cosmic Res 46, 523–528 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952508060075
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