Definition of geodetic height namely by measured geocentric coordinates
The article describes one of the methods for determining the geodetic height by using the satellite as a moving target points. It is shown that the chronology of the development of the satellite method for determining the geodetic height of the iterative calculation method for the open-closed formulas for the dependence of the geodetic latitude and, finally, to closed formulas determining the geodetic height in function exclusively from geocentric coordinates. This article describes the geometrical (volumetric and flat) models to perform the derivation of the formulas for determining the geodetic height as a function of the geocentric coordinates of the point. Two variants of the formulas obtained by the authors to determine the geodetic height.