用SLR资料精密确定GPS35卫星轨道

GPS35卫星是全球定位系统卫星星座中的一颗卫星，它的对地一侧安装了激光后向反射器，可实施激光测距观测。用全球SLR资料精密确定了GPS35卫星1995年10月22日——26日和1999年8月1日——6日共2个5天的轨道，求得观测值与计算值的RMS小于3cm。     

Precise orbit determination for the GRACE mission using only GPS data

The GRACE (gravity recovery and climate experiment) satellites, launched in March 2002, are each equipped with a BlackJack GPS onboard receiver for precise orbit determination and gravity field recovery. Since launch, there have been significant improvements in the background force models used for satellite orbit determination, most notably the model for the geopotential. This has resulted in significant improvements to orbit accuracy for very low altitude satellites. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how well the orbits of the GRACE satellites (about 470 km in altitude) can currently be determined using only GPS data and based on the current models and methods. The orbit accuracy is assessed using a number of tests, which include analysis of orbit fits, orbit overlaps, orbit connecting points, satellite Laser ranging residuals and K-band ranging (KBR) residuals. We show that 1-cm radial orbit accuracy for the GRACE satellites has probably been achieved. These precise GRACE orbits can be used for such purposes as improving gravity recovery from the GRACE KBR data and for atmospheric profiling, and they demonstrate the quality of the background force models being used.     

HY-2卫星星载DORIS和SLR的cm级综合精密定轨仿真研究

为了实现cm级HY-2卫星精密定轨,提出了基于DORIS和SLR的HY-2卫星综合定轨方法。模拟了DORIS信标站与SLR跟踪站的观测数据,确定了定轨方法和流程,探讨了分别赋予不同观测精度时各定轨精度,并分别分析了不同的信标站分布以及两种观测技术综合精密定轨中权对定轨精度的影响。实验表明,观测精度的高低直接影响着单一技术的定轨精度;优化信标站的分布,可明显提高定轨精度并节约计算时间;多种技术综合定轨时,合理分配各观测量的权可使定轨精度达到最佳;分别赋予DORIS和SLR观测量0.3mm/s和10mm的权,则使HY-2卫星定轨精度达到cm级。     

HY2A卫星的GPS/DORIS/SLR数据精密定轨

采用HY2A卫星2013年2月的实测数据,研究了GPS、星载多谱勒无线电定轨定位系统(DORIS)及卫星激光测距(SLR)三种观测数据的单独和联合定轨问题。通过与法国CNES的精密轨道数据比较发现:分别采用GPS、DORIS和SLR数据进行单独定轨,GPS数据确定轨道的径向平均精度为1.3cm,三维位置约为6.2cm;DORIS定轨的径向平均精度为1.6cm,比GPS结果略差;SLR确定轨道的径向平均精度为2.3cm。用GPS、DORIS和SLR三种数据联合定轨,确定轨道的径向平均精度为1.2cm,三维位置约为6.5cm。与星载GPS定轨结果比较,三种观测数据的联合定轨在提高卫星轨道确定精度上不明显,但联合定轨有利于保持计算轨道精度相对稳定。用站星间高度角大于60°的SLR数据检验GPS/DORIS联合确定的轨道,两者在测距方向的均方差为2.5cm,可见基于HY2A的观测数据可以实现cm级的定轨需求。     

北斗混合星座分层约束下的精密定轨方法

针对北斗导航卫星系统首创的GEO+IGSO+MEO混合星座设计,本文研究了根据不同星座,采取不同约束条件和数据处理策略的北斗卫星精密定轨方法,提出了一种针对北斗系统混合星座的分层约束精密定轨方案.该方案首先将北斗卫星分为非GEO(IGSO/MEO)和GEO两部分进行解算,利用GPS解算的公共参数对北斗IGSO/MEO精...     

SPOT5与ERS-2卫星影像的联合立体定位

本文将SPOT5与ERS-2卫星影像联立构成一组立体像对,并通过立体定位的方式获取了地面点的三维坐标。根据本文立体像对前方交会的特殊几何图形,推导了立体定位理论精度的计算公式,并利用实验验证了公式的正确性,同时分析了影响立体定位精度的主要因素。实验结果表明,联合具有一定重叠度的SPOT5和ERS-2影像进行立体定位具有很强的可行性,其精度已可以满足部分测绘任务的要求。     

Ocean tides from T/P, ERS-1, and GEOSAT altimetry

 Aliasing of the diurnal and semi-diurnal tides is a major problem when estimating the ocean tides from satellite altimetry. As a result of aliasing, the tides become correlated and many years of altimeter observations may be needed to seperate them. For the three major satellite altimetry missions to date i.e., GEOSAT, ERS-1, and TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P), the alias periods as well as the Rayleigh periods over which the tides decorrelate can be identified. Especially in case of GEOSAT and ERS-1, severe correlation problems arise. However, it is shown by means of covariance analyses that the tidal phase advance differences on crossing satellite groundtracks can significantly reduce the correlations among the diurnal and semi-diurnal tides and among these tides and the seasonal cycles of ocean variability. Therefore, it has been attempted to solve a multi-satellite response tidal solution for the diurnal and semi-diurnal bands from a total of 7 years of altimetry. Unfortunately, it could be shown that the GEOSAT and ERS-1 orbit errors are too large to improve a 3-year T/P tidal solution with about 2 years of GEOSAT and 2 years of ERS-1 altimeter observations. However, these results are preliminary and it is expected that more accurate orbits, which have become available recently for ERS-1, and additional altimeter data from ERS-2 and the GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO) should lead to an improved T/P tidal model. Received: 4 May 1999 / Accepted: 24 January 2000     

Rapid orbit determination of LEO satellites using IGS clock and ephemeris products

Different types of GPS clock and orbit data provided by the International GPS Service (IGS) have been used to assess the accuracy of rapid orbit determination for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) using spaceborne GPS measurements. To avoid the need for reference measurements from ground-based reference receivers, the analysis is based on an undifferenced processing of GPS code and carrier-phase measurements. Special attention is therefore given to the quality of GPS clock data that directly affects the resulting orbit determination accuracy. Interpolation of clock data from the available 15 min grid points is identified as a limiting factor in the use of IGS ultra-rapid ephemerides. Despite this restriction, a 10-cm orbit determination accuracy can be obtained with these products data as demonstrated for the GRACE-B spacecraft during selected data arcs between 2002 and 2004. This performance may be compared with a 5-cm orbit determination accuracy achievable with IGS rapid and final products using 5 min clock samples. For improved accuracy, high-rate (30 s) clock solutions are recommended that are presently only available from individual IGS centers. Likewise, a reduced latency and more frequent updates of IGS ultra-rapid ephemerides are desirable to meet the requirements of upcoming satellite missions for near real-time and precise orbit determination.     

模糊聚类定权法对SLR定轨精度的影响

针对卫星激光测距(satellite laser ranging,SLR)精密定轨过程中存在的测站观测数据合理定权问题,将一种改进的模糊聚类算法引入到SLR观测数据定权中。基于国际激光测距服务(International Laser Ranging Service,ILRS)提供的全球SLR测站性能报告,对测站进行近实时滑动分类定权,改变SLR数据处理中权重的经验或者随意性选取模式。经过LAGEOS1卫星2014年1月至2016年12月3年全球SLR实测数据处理的测试。结果表明,当考虑LAGEOS标准点总数、LAGEOS标准点RMS值以及LAGEOS标准点合格率这3项测站质量控制因素确定的测站权值能最大限度地提高卫星定轨精度和观测数据的使用效率,对参与计算的365个3d弧段数据,91.46%弧段精度得到提高,平均提高约3.7mm,且每个测站的定轨残差RMS也得到了降低。这对于正在迈向毫米级测量精度的SLR技术至关重要。     

ERS-2卫星陀螺仪及姿态对SAR影像相干性影响分析

SAR数据是开展研究的基础.以研究实验中SAR影像数据的相干性为出发点,引出ERS-2陀螺仪存在的问题.并探讨卫星姿态问题引起的多普勒中心频率偏差,分析姿态误差对相干性的影响,为用户选择ERS-2卫星SAR数据提供参考.     

由ERS-2和TOPEX卫星测高数据推算的海面高异常的主成分分析

利用1995~2003年间的TOPEX/POSEIDON和ERS-2卫星测高数据,尽量采用相同的改正模型对TOPEX和ERS-2卫星测高数据分别进行改正,然后由共线分析法分别推算了全球1°×1°的35 d的海面高异常时间序列,并采用主成分分析法分别对这两个海面高异常时间序列进行了分析。     

Efficient satellite orbit modelling using pseudo-stochastic parameters

If the force field acting on an artificial Earth satellite is not known a priori with sufficient accuracy to represent its observations on their accuracy level, one may introduce so-called pseudo-stochastic parameters into an orbit determination process, e.g. instantaneous velocity changes at user-defined epochs or piecewise constant accelerations in user-defined adjacent time subintervals or piecewise linear and continuous accelerations in adjacent time subintervals. The procedures, based on standard least-squares, associated with such parameterizations are well established, but they become inefficient (slow) if the number of pseudo-stochastic parameters becomes large. We develop two efficient methods to solve the orbit determination problem in the presence of pseudo-stochastic parameters. The results of the methods are identical to those obtained with conventional least-squares algorithms. The first efficient algorithm also provides the full variance–covariance matrix; the second, even more efficient algorithm, only parts of it.     

无准确初轨信息时星载GPS低轨卫星定轨方法研究

本文提出了适用于星载GPS低轨卫星定轨的一种精密自主定轨方法。该方法利用星载GPS观测资料直接解算GPS方程求得卫星初轨,避免了早期使用短弧资料定初轨时法方程的病态性的影响,为精密定轨提供了较准确的近似值,并以此展开观测方程进行精密定轨,保证了迭代过程的收敛,减少了迭代次数,节约了时间,适用于低轨卫星的自主定轨和实时定轨。     

Precise orbit determination of the Fengyun-3C satellite using onboard GPS and BDS observations

The GNSS Occultation Sounder instrument onboard the Chinese meteorological satellite Fengyun-3C (FY-3C) tracks both GPS and BDS signals for orbit determination. One month’s worth of the onboard dual-frequency GPS and BDS data during March 2015 from the FY-3C satellite is analyzed in this study. The onboard BDS and GPS measurement quality is evaluated in terms of data quantity as well as code multipath error. Severe multipath errors for BDS code ranges are observed especially for high elevations for BDS medium earth orbit satellites (MEOs). The code multipath errors are estimated as piecewise linear model in \(2{^{\circ }}\times 2{^{\circ }}\) grid and applied in precise orbit determination (POD) calculations. POD of FY-3C is firstly performed with GPS data, which shows orbit consistency of approximate 2.7 cm in 3D RMS (root mean square) by overlap comparisons; the estimated orbits are then used as reference orbits for evaluating the orbit precision of GPS and BDS combined POD as well as BDS-based POD. It is indicated that inclusion of BDS geosynchronous orbit satellites (GEOs) could degrade POD precision seriously. The precisions of orbit estimates by combined POD and BDS-based POD are 3.4 and 30.1 cm in 3D RMS when GEOs are involved, respectively. However, if BDS GEOs are excluded, the combined POD can reach similar precision with respect to GPS POD, showing orbit differences about 0.8 cm, while the orbit precision of BDS-based POD can be improved to 8.4 cm. These results indicate that the POD performance with onboard BDS data alone can reach precision better than 10 cm with only five BDS inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit satellites and three MEOs. As the GNOS receiver can only track six BDS satellites for orbit positioning at its maximum channel, it can be expected that the performance of POD with onboard BDS data can be further improved if more observations are generated without such restrictions.     

Jason-2卫星的激光测距观测值噪声估计

针对Jason-2卫星定轨中关于多普勒无线电定轨定位系统(DORIS)和卫星激光测距(SLR)随机模型研究的不足,该文提出了3类k阶差分算子通用递推公式及相应的差分算子观测噪声估计方法。利用电离层平静和异常两个时段的Jason-2卫星DORIS和SLR多站数据进行了应用研究,计算结果验证了所提方法的正确性。同时分析了DORIS和SLR观测噪声随卫星高度角的变化规律以及观测噪声时的相关特性,并指出了3类差分算子的适用性。     

Energy integral method for gravity field determination from satellite orbit coordinates

A fast iterative method for gravity field determination from low Earth satellite orbit coordinates has been developed and implemented successfully. The method is based on energy conservation and avoids problems related to orbit dynamics and initial state. In addition, the particular geometry of a repeat orbit is exploited by using a very efficient iterative estimation scheme, in which a set of normal equations is approximated by a sparse block-diagonal equivalent. Recovery experiments for spherical harmonic gravity field models up to degree and order 80 and 120 were conducted based on a 29-day simulated data set of orbit coordinates. The method was found to be very flexible and could be easily adapted to include observations of non-conservative accelerations, such as (to be) provided by satellites like CHAMP, GRACE, and GOCE. A serious drawback of the method is its large sensitivity to satellite velocity errors. Existing orbit determination strategies need to be altered or augmented to include algorithms that focus on optimizing the accuracy of estimated velocities.     

不同观测技术的Jason-2卫星精密定轨评估

针对GPS、SLR和DORIS三种不同手段的各自定轨精度问题,本文基于不同的轨道评估方法进行了深入分析。以JASON-2卫星为例,分析了姿态模型误差及其对定轨精度的影响,分别讨论了GPS、SLR和DORIS的定轨策略和定轨精度,并基于轨道评估结果进行了轨道叠加。基于实测数据进行了试验,试验结果表明,JASON-2卫星姿态模型误差对DORIS、GPS和SLR轨道影响分别为0.040、0.036和0.033m;DORIS定轨结果优于GPS和SLR,SLR定轨精度最差;基于SLR验证和轨道重叠结果加权,对GPS、SLR和DORIS轨道进行轨道叠加,其精度一致,通过与JPL轨道比较,其径向精度为2cm。     

Accuracy assessment and refinement of the JGM-2 and JGM-3 gravity fields for radial positioning of ERS-1

ERS-1 radial positioning using the JGM-2 and JGM-3 gravity fields is assessed by analysing dual crossovers with TOPEX/Poseidon, neither field containing ERS-1 data. This method allows a more complete recovery of ERS-1 radial orbit error, specifically of the previously unattainable mean geographical error. The global analysis shows that the theoretical error derived from the JGM-2 covariance matrix is realistic and that JGM-3 represents a slight improvement, at least at the inclination of ERS-1. A latitudinal-based study in the southern ocean indicates possible weaknesses in both fields, notably for low and resonant geopotential orders m. A refinement of JGM-2, RGM-2, is undertaken through inclusion of ERS-1 and STELLA laser tracking and ERS-1 altimetry, reducing several of its deficiencies. Received: 14 May 1996 / Accepted: 17 February 1997     

Precise orbit determination of the Sentinel-3A altimetry satellite using ambiguity-fixed GPS carrier phase observations

The Sentinel-3 mission takes routine measurements of sea surface heights and depends crucially on accurate and precise knowledge of the spacecraft. Orbit determination with a targeted uncertainty of less than 2 cm in radial direction is supported through an onboard Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, a Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite instrument, and a complementary laser retroreflector for satellite laser ranging. Within this study, the potential of ambiguity fixing for GPS-only precise orbit determination (POD) of the Sentinel-3 spacecraft is assessed. A refined strategy for carrier phase generation out of low-level measurements is employed to cope with half-cycle ambiguities in the tracking of the Sentinel-3 GPS receiver that have so far inhibited ambiguity-fixed POD solutions. Rather than explicitly fixing double-difference phase ambiguities with respect to a network of terrestrial reference stations, a single-receiver ambiguity resolution concept is employed that builds on dedicated GPS orbit, clock, and wide-lane bias products provided by the CNES/CLS (Centre National d’Études Spatiales/Collecte Localisation Satellites) analysis center of the International GNSS Service. Compared to float ambiguity solutions, a notably improved precision can be inferred from laser ranging residuals. These decrease from roughly 9 mm down to 5 mm standard deviation for high-grade stations on average over low and high elevations. Furthermore, the ambiguity-fixed orbits offer a substantially improved cross-track accuracy and help to identify lateral offsets in the GPS antenna or center-of-mass (CoM) location. With respect to altimetry, the improved orbit precision also benefits the global consistency of sea surface measurements. However, modeling of the absolute height continues to rely on proper dynamical models for the spacecraft motion as well as ground calibrations for the relative position of the altimeter reference point and the CoM.