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In Švehla and Rothacher (2004) it was reported for the first time that the orbit vector between the two GRACE satellites equipped with GPS in the LEO orbit can be estimated with mm-level accuracy. This level of accuracy was achieved after performing ambiguity resolution for the GPS double-difference baseline and independently confirmed by the K-band measurements between the two GRACE satellites. Here we present the results of this GPS baseline in space.
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Svehla, D. (2018). First GPS Baseline in Space—The GRACE Mission. In: Geometrical Theory of Satellite Orbits and Gravity Field . Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76873-1_8
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