GME 143 - Satellite Geodesy

Prerequisite: GME 102, GME 108
Prerequisite or Corequisite: GME 135

Motion of a satellite, orbit geometry and perturbations; time measuring systems; global geodesy model; reduction and adjustment of GPS and other satellite observation data; differential equations of orbit relaxation; GPS network optimization; data transformation.

Additional Activity: field trips
Units: 3

Course Typically Offered: Fall