Re: Leap seconds

From: Sebastian Stabroth (s.stabroth@tu-bs.de)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 14:01:51 EDT

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Dale Ireland wrote:
> No! the software is responsible for the position error. The software should
> be written to account for leap seconds. The whole celestial coordinate
> system and the reality of changes in the earth's rotation shouldn't be
> blamed for deficiencies in the satellite position software.

Well, everything depends on which time and reference system we choose. If I
don't take care of a leap second and propagate a TLE set over the implementation
of a leap second I get at least this position error.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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