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Table A.1

Description of the RadioAstron dynamical model.

Gravity

Static EGM96 up to 75th degree/order
Third bodies DE405 Sun, Moon, and all planets
Earth tides IERS 2003 conventions
Pole tides Solid Earth
Ocean tides FES2004 up to 20th degree/order
General relativity IERS 2010 conventions
Surface forces

Solar radiation Box-wing + SRT (3 parameters)
Earth radiation Applied (18x9 elements)
Atmospheric drag GOST R 25645.166-2004 density model
Reaction wheels unloadings

Direction Spacecraft attitude from on-board star sensors and attitude event file
Delta V value From known mass of spent propellant and a priori thrust values
Measurements of angular momentum change of reaction wheels

Notes. Detailed description of the models can be found in Standish (1998), McCarthy & Petit (2004), Petit & Luzum (2010), and at http://www.gosthelp.ru/gost/gost5827.html

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