Title :
Precise orbit determination for COSMIC satellites using GPS data from two on-board antennas
Author :
Kuang, Da ; Bertiger, Willy ; Desai, Shailen ; Haines, Bruce ; Iijima, Byron ; Meehan, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Each of the six COSMIC satellites carries one GPS receiver with two antennas for orbit determination (OD) and another two antennas for radio occultation. In this paper we describe the features of the GPS data associated with COSMIC satellite attitude. Method and results of the precise orbit determination for the COSMIC satellites using the tracking data from both OD GPS antennas are presented. Special issues in satellite orbit determination with multiple GPS antennas are discussed. Orbit precision is evaluated and the effects of multipath errors are investigated.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; antenna arrays; radio receivers; satellite tracking; COSMIC satellite attitude; GPS data; GPS receiver; multipath errors; multiple GPS antennas; precise orbit determination; radio occultation; tracking data; Aerospace engineering; Directive antennas; Earth; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Remote sensing; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting;
Conference_Titel :
Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, 2008 IEEE/ION
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1536-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1537-3
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.2008.4570030
