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Geometrical relationship diagram. R is the radius of the Earth, H is the satellite altitude, b is the baseline, ρ is the distance between the satellite and the station, γ is the angle between the signal path and the radius, ε is the elevation, θ is half of the largest opening angle, and ß is the angle between R and the geocentric vector of the satellite.
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