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APPLICATION OF GPS TO PRECISION SATELLITE ORBIT DETERMINATION

Liu Dongsheng (Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering)   

  • Published:1991-10-25

Abstract: Since GPS experimental constellation was built up,several kindsof method have been developed for precise determination of satellite orbit with GPS measurement.In 1984 a experimental Global Positioning SystemPackage(GPSPAC)was carried on LANDSAT-5 for validation of the acc-uracy of GPSPAC orbit solutions.In 1982,a research team in JPL developeda type of double differenced GPS range and doppler measurements to meetsubdeeimeter accuracy demand of TOPEX.Beside the application of GPS tolow-altitude earth orbit satellite,means and accuracy analysis have beenconceived for high orbit or even geosynchronous orbit determination.Thispaper intends to introduce and review the methods mentioned above in brief.