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DORIS (geodesy)

Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite or, in


French, Détermination d'Orbite et Radiopositionnement Intégré par Satellite (in
both case yielding the acronym DORIS) is a French satellite system used for the
determination of satellite orbits (e.g. TOPEX/Poseidon) and for positioning.

The DORIS antenna and receiver


installed onboard OSTM/Jason-2
Contents satellite

Principle Country/ies of origin France


Organization Operator(s) CNES
Ground segment Type Civilian
Australian ground segments
Status Operational
Space segment
Constellation size
Positioning
First launch 1990
References
External links

Principle
Ground-based radio beacons emit a signal which is picked up by receiving satellites. This is in reverse configuration to other GNSS,
in which the transmitters are space-borne and receivers are in majority near the surface of the Earth. A frequency shift of the signal
occurs that is caused by the movement of the satellite (Doppler effect). From this observation satellite orbits, ground positions, as
well as other parameters can be derived.

Organization
DORIS is a French system which was initiated and is maintained by the French Space AgencyCNES).
( It is operated from Toulouse.

Ground segment
The ground segment includes about 50-60 ground stations, equally distributed over the earth and ensure a good coverage for orbit
determination. For the installation of a beacon only electricity is required because the station only emits a signal but does not receive
any information. DORIS beacons transmit to the satellites on two UHF frequencies, 401.25 MHz and 2036.25 MHz.

Australian ground segments


There have been two active DORISstations in Australia:[1]

Yatharagga - Active
Orroral Valley Tracking Station - No longer active.
Mount Stromlo Observatory- Currently active, replaced Orroral Valley Tracking station installation

Space segment
The best known satellites equipped with DORIS receivers are the altimetry satellites
TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason 1, Jason 2, and Jason 3. They are used to observe the ocean surface
as well as currents or wave heights. DORIS contributes to their orbit accuracy of about 2 cm.

Other DORIS satellites are theEnvisat, SPOT, HY-2A and CryoSat-2 satellites.[2]

Positioning
Apart from orbit determination, the DORIS observations are used for positioning of ground
stations. The accuracy is a bit lower than with GPS, but it still contributes to the International
Terrestrial Reference Frame(ITRF).

References
The UHF transmitting
1. Australia, c\=AU\;o\=Australia Government\;ou\=Geoscience (15 May 2014). antenna of DORIS ground
"Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite"(http://www.g station at Dionysos, Greece
a.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/geodesy/geodetic-techniques/dor
is). www.ga.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
2. "Doris-Equipped Satellites"(http://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/techniques/doris/doris-missions.html).

G. Seeber: Satellite Geodesy. De Gruyter-Verlag, 2. Auflage (590 p.), Berlin 2003

External links
AVISO, website which distributes satellite altimeter data
IDS, International DORIS Service

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