Testing General Relativistic Predictions with the LAGEOS Satellites

Table 3

Modelling setup as included in a typical analysis of LAGEOS satellites range data.

Model for	Model type	Reference
Geopotential (static)	EIGEN-GRACE02S, EGM96	[73, 74]
Geopotential (time-varying, tides)	Ray GOT99.2	[75]
Geopotential (time-varying, nontidal)	IERS Conventions (2003)	[41]
Third body	JPL DE-403	[52]
Relativistic corrections^a	Parameterized post-Newtonian	[6]
Direct solar radiation pressure	Cannonball	[23]
Earth albedo	Knocke-Rubincam	[76]
Station positions	ITRF 2000	[77, 78]
Ocean loading	Schernek and GOT99.2 tides	[23, 75]
Earth Rotation Parameters	IERS EOP C04	[79]

aIn fact, as explained in the text, these corrections have not been included in the modellization setup used in the analysis.