北斗GEO/IGSO/MEO卫星定轨地面站构型影响分析及其优化

GNSS卫星定轨精度主要取决于卫星动力学模型精度和GNSS几何观测信息。由于北斗GEO/IGSO卫星静地、高轨特性,以及力学模型不精确等原因,地面几何观测信息对轨道改进至关重要。本文讨论了北斗GEO/IGSO/MEO卫星定轨地面站分布影响及优化改进方法。在简化动力学定轨模型基础上,探讨多历元几何观测信息累积对轨道的改进;研究了北斗导航卫星定轨理想几何构型条件,得到影响定轨精度的几何因子,包括测站数量、覆盖范围、分布密度;利用离散概率密度方法研究地面站构型,分析了3类卫星轨道改进机理和优化方法。通过算例,讨论了增加5个中国区域基准站改善离散概率密度指标,优化全球北斗卫星定轨构型,发现GEO和IGSO卫星精度改善最为明显,MEO卫星改善最小;其中GEO卫星提高了10%,IGSO卫星提高了16%,MEO卫星提高了4%。     

BDS不同星座组合对亚太地区相对定位的影响

针对北斗卫星轨道的特殊性,该文选取2020年1月1日-10日均匀分布在全国的34个GNSS基准站数据,进行北斗GEO/IGSO/MEO星座组合精密定位研究,通过对标准化均方根误差(NRMS)、不同长度的基线标准差值(STD)、点位精度等方面进行分析,并与GPS静态基线解算结果进行对比.结果 表明:GEO+ MEO的基线...     

随机优化算法的BDS卫星精密轨道确定

针对全球北斗地面基准站分布不均匀而影响北斗定轨精度的问题,该文采用格网控制的随机优化选站方法,兼顾测站的质量、分布和站点稳定性等因素,对全球分布的MGEX站均匀选取。运用加权GDOP指标评价选站的有效性,并全面分析了测站数量、分布和质量对定轨精度的影响。结果表明,该方法选取30个测站时,北斗卫星的GEO、IGSO和MEO卫星的精密轨道精度分别为221.56、12.59和6.81cm,比格网法选站有了较大提高。在一定范围内,测站数越多定轨精度越高,全部测站参与解算反而会使定轨精度降低。     

多GNSS融合的北斗卫星精密定轨

提供高精度的精密轨道产品对北斗系统的推广应用具有重要意义。给出了一种基于模糊度固定的北斗卫星多系统融合非差精密定轨方法,重点推导论述了模糊度固定的实现方法,并结合实测数据,对其精密定轨效果进行了分析,初步分析结果表明：利用本文方法,北斗GEO、IGSO、MEO卫星三维定轨精度分别达到1.263m、0.214m、0.134m,三类卫星径向定轨精度平均优于10cm,IGSO和MEO已经基本优于5cm;模糊度固定以后,北斗卫星三维定轨精度平均提高了21.8%,轨道切向精度改善最为明显,其中又以GEO卫星改进最大。     

多GNSS融合精密轨道确定与精度分析

采用MGEX和IGS跟踪网数据,基于PANDA软件实现了同一时空基准框架下的GPS/GLONASS/BDS/Galileo四系统融合精密定轨,采用单天解边界不符值评定轨道精度。对2014年7月至12月6个多月的GNSS融合精密定轨精度、各单系统独立定轨精度进行比较,结果表明:GPS轨道精度与单系统定轨精度基本相当;GLONASS和BDS轨道精度均优于各单系统定轨精度,尤其是BDS卫星,其GEO、IGSO、MEO卫星平均三维轨道精度分别提高了24%、42%、63%;在多GNSS融合精密定轨中,Galileo卫星径向、法向、切向平均精度分别为9.53、8.20、20.17 cm。动态PPP验证结果表明:相比于单系统解算,多系统组合解可以显著加快收敛速度,同时提高了定位精度。     

星蚀期北斗卫星轨道性能分析——SLR检核结果

星蚀期北斗卫星的轨道性能是北斗卫星导航系统性能分析的重要部分。了解北斗卫星导航系统星历中星蚀期轨道的精度,不仅可为系统服务性能评估提供支持,还有助于了解星蚀期精密定轨中相关模型可能存在的问题,进而为精密定轨函数模型改进提供参考。本文基于2014年1月至2015年7月的卫星激光测距资料,重点分析了星蚀期对北斗不同类型卫星轨道的影响,同时也对北斗广播星历和精密星历中整体轨道径向精度进行检核。结果表明:星蚀期内(尤其是偏航机动期间),IGSO/MEO卫星的广播星历和精密星历轨道均存在明显的精度下降;广播星历轨道径向误差达1.5~2.0m,精密星历轨道径向误差超过10.0cm。但仅从轨道径向残差序列中难以发现星蚀期对GEO卫星轨道是否有显著影响。非星蚀期间,IGSO/MEO卫星和GEO卫星的广播星历轨道径向精度分别优于0.5 m和0.9 m。IGSO/MEO卫星的精密星历轨道径向精度优于10.0cm,GEO卫星的轨道径向精度约50.0cm,且存在40.0cm左右的系统性偏差。     

模糊度固定的北斗卫星多系统融合精密轨道确定

利用全球分布的IGS和MGEX站多模观测数据,研究了北斗卫星多系统融合双差动力学精密定轨方法,提出了适应北斗系统的双差模糊度固定策略。结合实测数据,对比了单系统与多系统融合、模糊度固定解与浮点解的定轨效果。结果表明：相比单系统定轨,多系统融合定轨能有效改进IGSO和MEO卫星轨道精度,但对于GEO卫星,多系统融合定轨并无优势;利用改进的模糊度固定策略对IGSO和MEO卫星双差模糊度进行固定,有效提高了长基线模糊度固定率,整体固定成功率由40%提高到60%以上;模糊度固定对定轨精度改进作用明显,IGSO和MEO卫星三维定轨精度分别提高了48%和36%,达到0.048 m和0.066 m。     

一种北斗卫星精密定轨方法

利用BDS/GPS双模观测数据,研究了高精度北斗卫星精密定轨的实现方法,使用PANDA软件,结合"北斗卫星观测实验网"的实测数据,进行了精密定轨实验,结果表明:北斗卫星径向定轨精度能够达到优于10 cm的水平;其中,GEO三维定轨精度能够优于5 m,但沿迹方向存在系统偏差,IGSO/MEO三维定轨精度优于0.5 m。     

北斗卫星超短弧运动学定轨方法优化与试验分析

针对北斗卫星姿轨控后的轨道快速确定难题,系统地研究了基于多项式拟合和基于星历拟合两种运动学定轨方法,推导建立了相应的运动学定轨模型。同时针对接收机系统差和顽固多径问题,利用基于并置比对的接收机系统差解算方法和CNMC的多径削弱方法,实现了超短弧跟踪条件下接收机数据质量的有效控制。利用北斗GEO/IGSO/MEO卫星的实测伪距数据进行了试验验证,结果表明在10min超短弧跟踪条件下,GEO、IGSO和MEO卫星的运动学定轨位置精度分别为3.27m、8.19m和5.90m,实现了超短弧跟踪条件下的北斗卫星快速定轨,满足了卫星机动期间的北斗RDSS服务对轨道精度的需求,为北斗RDSS服务走向全球提供了技术支撑。     

基于平方根信息滤波的北斗卫星实时定轨方法

连续、稳定、高精度的实时卫星轨道产品是北斗国际化、规模化、智能化应用的重要前提.当前，北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)的实时精密轨道产品多基于“批处理解算+轨道预报”的超快速模式获得，存在连续性较差、稳定性较低、精度不高等问题.为此，本文采用平方根信息滤波(SRIF)方法对北斗卫星精密轨道进行实时逐历元解算.实验结果表明：相比于超快速定轨模式，基于实时滤波方法的轨道产品能够有效避免边界跳变，具有更好的连续性和稳定性；同时，实时滤波定轨方法能够显著提高BDS的轨道精度，其中中轨道地球卫星(MEO)和倾斜地球同步轨道卫星(IGSO)的三维轨道误差分别减小了46%和68%，卫星激光测距(SLR)检核精度也普遍优于预报轨道.     

Precise orbit determination of BeiDou constellation: method comparison

Chinese BeiDou navigation satellite system is in official service as a regional constellation with five geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellites, five inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit (IGSO) satellites and four medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites. There are mainly two methods for precise orbit determination of the BeiDou constellation found in the current literatures. One is the independent single-system method, where only BeiDou observations are used without help from other GNSS systems. The other is the two-step GPS-assisted method where in the first step, GPS data are used to resolve some common parameters, such as station coordinates, receiver clocks and zenith tropospheric delay parameters, which are then introduced as known quantities in BeiDou processing in the second step. We conduct a thorough performance comparison between the two methods. Observations from the BeiDou experimental tracking stations and the IGS Multi-GNSS Experiment network from January 1 to March 31, 2013, are processed with the Positioning and Navigation Data Analyst (PANDA) software. The results show that for BeiDou IGSO and MEO satellites, the two-step GPS-assisted method outperforms the independent single-system method in both internal orbit overlap precision and external satellite laser ranging validation. For BeiDou GEO satellites, the two methods show close performances. Zenith tropospheric delays estimated from the first method are very close to those estimated from GPS precise point positioning in the second method, with differences of several millimeters. Satellite clock estimates from the two methods show similar performances when assessing the stability of the BeiDou on board clocks.     

引入国家基准站的北斗导航卫星精密定轨

卫星精密轨道的确定是北斗卫星导航系统位置与服务的核心技术之一,而国家基准站是影响卫星轨道精度的一个重要因素。本文基于中国测绘科学研究院国际GNSS监测与评估中心自主开发的软件计算国家基准站和MGEX站对北斗卫星精密定轨的影响。得出结果：加上国家基准站后GEO卫星轨道精度平均能达到2.0 m,比没有国家基准站时提高约14%,在GEO切向方向改善最为明显,大约提高30%。IGSO和MEO卫星也有所提高。加上国家基准站后,三类卫星的轨道重复弧段的径向精度优于5 cm。有了国家基准站数据BDS精密轨道会有明显的改善。国家基准站的建立使我国北斗导航卫星的服务能力有很大提高。     

北斗卫星精密轨道与钟差精度分析

针对北斗卫星导航系统的卫星姿态模型、天线相位中心改正及卫星定轨数据处理策略未统一的现状,该文对比分析了武汉大学和德国地学研究中心提供的北斗事后精密轨道和钟差产品的差异及精度,结合实测数据,通过分析精密单点定位的定位精度来比较两中心精密轨道和钟差的差异。实验结果表明:北斗卫星的精密轨道精度与轨道类型有关,地球静止轨道(GEO)卫星的轨道精度为米级,倾斜地球同步轨道(IGSO)卫星的轨道精度为分米级,中地球轨道(MEO)卫星切向、法向和径向的精度分别为10.81、5.41和3.37cm;GEO卫星钟差精度优于0.38ns,IGSO卫星钟差优于0.25ns,MEO卫星钟差优于0.15ns;两家分析中心产品的北斗静态精密单点定位的平面精度相当;北斗静态精密单点定位的RMS统计值平面精度优于3cm,三维精度优于7cm。     

北斗卫星导航系统单星授时精度分析

为研究北斗卫星导航系统单星授时精度，本文基于GPS单星授时原理，结合北斗卫星多种类型星座特点，编写了BDS单星授时软件。利用iGMAS站数据进行了试验，在对原始数据进行监测并将异常信息剔除后，将授时结果与中国测绘科学研究院北斗分析中心（CGS）钟差文件进行比对，分析了BDS不同轨道卫星（GEO/IGSO/MEO）下的BDS单星授时精度。结果表明，GEO卫星的授时精度为27.39 ns，IGSO卫星的授时精度为18.37 ns，MEO卫星的授时精度为18.62 ns。     

Improving BeiDou precise orbit determination using observations of onboard MEO satellite receivers

In recent years, the precise orbit determination (POD) of the regional Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been a hot spot because of its special constellation consisting of five geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellites and five inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit (IGSO) satellites besides four medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites since the end of 2012. GEO and IGSO satellites play an important role in regional BDS applications. However, this brings a great challenge to the POD, especially for the GEO satellites due to their geostationary orbiting. Though a number of studies have been carried out to improve the POD performance of GEO satellites, the result is still much worse than that of IGSO and MEO, particularly in the along-track direction. The major reason is that the geostationary characteristic of a GEO satellite results in a bad geometry with respect to the ground tracking network. In order to improve the tracking geometry of the GEO satellites, a possible strategy is to mount global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers on MEO satellites to collect the signals from GEO/IGSO GNSS satellites so as that these observations can be used to improve GEO/IGSO POD. We extended our POD software package to simulate all the related observations and to assimilate the MEO-onboard GNSS observations in orbit determination. Based on GPS and BDS constellations, simulated studies are undertaken for various tracking scenarios. The impact of the onboard GNSS observations is investigated carefully and presented in detail. The results show that MEO-onboard observations can significantly improve the orbit precision of GEO satellites from metres to decimetres, especially in the along-track direction. The POD results of IGSO satellites also benefit from the MEO-onboard data and the precision can be improved by more than 50% in 3D direction.     

Orbit and clock analysis of Compass GEO and IGSO satellites

China is currently focussing on the establishment of its own global navigation satellite system called Compass or BeiDou. At present, the Compass constellation provides four usable satellites in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) and five satellites in inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO). Based on a network of six Compass-capable receivers, orbit and clock parameters of these satellites were determined. The orbit consistency is on the 1–2 dm level for the IGSO satellites and on the several decimeter level for the GEO satellites. These values could be confirmed by an independent validation with satellite laser ranging. All Compass clocks show a similar performance but have a slightly lower stability compared to Galileo and the latest generation of GPS satellites. A Compass-only precise point positioning based on the products derived from the six-receiver network provides an accuracy of several centimeters compared to the GPS-only results.     

小型化LEO星座与BDS-3全星座联合定轨仿真

受限于区域监测站及地球静止轨道(geosynchronous earth orbit,GEO)卫星的静地特性,北斗卫星导航系统(BeiDou satellite navigation system,BDS)定轨精度较差,加入低轨卫星(low earth orbit,LEO)星载数据可显著提升定轨精度.使用一种由24颗L...     

基于预报钟差的轨道快速恢复

我国北斗卫星导航系统由GEO/IGSO/MEO混合星座构成,基本每7~10 d就会有一颗GEO卫星或IGSO卫星进行轨控操作。从卫星轨控开始,卫星存在5~6 h的不健康时期。造成机动卫星长期不健康的关键因素之一在于卫星和测站钟差数据的积累周期较长。本文提出了一种基于预报钟差的轨道快速恢复算法,通过结合星钟和站钟预报压缩机动卫星定轨观测数据积累的时间,从而缩短卫星恢复所需时间。6组机动试验结果表明:采用预报钟差策略在快速恢复初期的前几个小时对轨道预报的贡献尤为显著,对第1组定轨URE预报贡献最大可达84.82%。从3~8 h期间6组定轨平均情况来看,采用优化策略的预报URE,C01平均降低了26.06%,C04平均降低了31.58%,C03降低了9.95%。经测试该方法至少能将卫星不可用时间压缩1 h,对北斗系统建设具有重要工程应用价值。     

Estimation of antenna phase center offset for BDS IGSO and MEO satellites

The BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) is different from other global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) because of its special constellation, which consists of satellites in geostationary earth orbit, inclined geosynchronous earth orbit (IGSO), and medium earth orbit (MEO). Compared to MEO satellites, the observations of IGSO satellites cover only a small range of nadir angles. Therefore, the estimation of phase center offsets (PCOs) suffers from high correlation with other estimation parameters. We have estimated the phase center offsets for BeiDou IGSO and MEO satellites with a direct PCO parameters model, and constraints are applied to cope with the correlation between the PCOs and other parameters. Validation shows that the estimated PCO parameters could be used to improve the accuracy of orbit and clock offset overlaps. Compared with the Multi-GNSS Experiment antenna phase center correction model, the average improvements of the proposed method for along-track, cross-track, and radial components are 19 mm (31%), 5 mm (14%), and 2 mm (15%) for MEO satellites, and 13 mm (17%), 12 mm (21%), and 5 mm (19%) for IGSO satellites. For clock offset overlaps, average improvements of standard deviation and root mean square (RMS) are 0.03 ns (20%) and 0.03 ns (12%), respectively. The RMS of precise coordinates in the BDS-only positioning was also improved significantly with a level of 24 mm (30%) in the up-direction. Finally, the overall uncertainty of the estimated results is discussed.