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The resulting HAM series are compared with the residuals of observed polar motion excitation (geodetic residuals, GAO) derived from precise geodetic measurements, and the HAM obtained from the GRACE ITSG 2018 solution. The findings indicate a large impact of orbital altitude and inclination on the accuracy of derived HAM. The HAM series obtained from Swarm data are found to be the most consistent with GAO. Visible differences are found in HAM obtained from GRACE and Swarm orbits and provided by different processing centres. The main reasons for such differences are likely to be different processing approaches and background models. The findings of this study provide important information on alternative data sets that may be used to provide continuous polar motion excitation observations, of which the Swarm solution provided by the Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, is the most accurate. 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