Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Time Scales and Time Differences.

Planetary Ephemeris, Small-Body Ephemeris, and Satellite Ephemerides.

Spacecraft Ephemeris and Partials File.

Geocentric Space-Fixed Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Vectors of Tracking Station.

Space-Fixed Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Vectors of a Landed Spacecraft Relative to Center of Mass of Planet, Planetary System, or the Moon.

Algorithms for Computing ET-TAI.

Light-Time Solution.

Angles.

Media and Antenna Corrections.

Calculation of Precision Light Times and Quasar Delays.

Partial Derivatives of Precision Light Times and Quasar Delays.

Observables.

References.

Acronyms.

Index.

About the Author

THEODORE D. MOYER, now retired, is a former senior engineer in the Navigation and Mission Design Section of the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.