TABLE 1

Orbit-Only Observability (O)/Unobservability (U) using three three-axis accelerometers and one three-axis accelerometer (Geller & Bhatia, 2018)

Three 3-axis accelerometersOne 3-axis accelerometer
CircularEllipticalCircularElliptical
Point MassRank6666
Cond #110106357345
U/OOOOO
4×4 SphericalRank6666
Cond #110106359347
U/OOOOO
8×8 SphericalRank6666
Cond #110106359347
U/OOOOO