H/R GPS Ground Tracking Network for CHAMP
 
 Roman Galas, Christoph Reigber, Jens Wickert.

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam
Division Kinematics & Dynamics of the Earth.

The support of High Rate GPS Ground Observations for the GPS
occultation experiment of the CHAMP mission will be provided
by a dedicated global tracking network. The network is being
established by GFZ and JPL. GFZ suggested a subnetwork,
composed of 8 to 12 stations distributed  to ensure global
coverage of the occultation events. The poster presents various
scientific and technical issues such as: network topology,
requirements for autonomous continuously operating stations,
near real data transfer, interfaces and data flow.