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Peter-Contesse, H. (author), Jäggi, Adrian (author), Fernández, JJ (author), Escobar, D. (author), Ayuga, F. (author), Arnold, D (author), Wermuth, M. (author), Hackel, S. (author), Otten, M. (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Hugentobler, U. (author), Féménias, P. (author)Sentinel-1A is the first satellite of the European Copernicus programme. Equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument the satellite was launched on April 3, 2014. Operational since October 2014 the satellite delivers valuable data for more than two years. The orbit accuracy requirements are given as 5. cm in 3D. In order to...journal article 2017
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van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Forte, B. (author), Montenbruck, O (author)The Swarm satellites are equipped with state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, which are used for the precise geolocation of the magnetic and electric field instruments, as well as for the determination of the Earth's gravity field, the total electron content and low-frequency thermospheric neutral densities. The onboard...journal article 2016