Geostationary orbit determination using SATRE

A new strategy of precise orbit determination (POD) for GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) satellite using SATRE (SAtellite Time and Ranging Equipment) is presented. Two observation modes are proposed and different channels of the same instruments are used to construct different observation modes, one mode receiving time signals from their own station and the other mode receiving time signals from each other for two stations called pairs of combined observations. Using data from such a tracking network in China, the results for both modes are compared. The precise orbit determination for the Sino-1 satellite using the data from 6 June 2005 to 13 June 2005 has been carried out in this work. The RMS (Root-Mean-Square) of observing residuals for 3-day solutions with the former mode is better than 9.1 cm. The RMS of observing residuals for 3-day solutions with the latter mode is better than 4.8 cm, much better than the former mode. Orbital overlapping (3-day orbit solution with 1-day orbit overlap) tests show that the RMS of the orbit difference for the former mode is 0.16 m in the radial direction, 0.53 m in the along-track direction, 0.97 m in the cross-track direction and 1.12 m in the 3-dimension position and the RMS of the orbit difference for the latter mode is 0.36 m in the radial direction, 0.89 m in the along-track direction, 1.18 m in the cross-track direction and 1.52 m in the 3-dimension position, almost the same as the former mode. All the experiments indicate that a meter-level accuracy of orbit determination for geostationary satellite is achievable.     

北斗和CAPS系统中采用高程作为虚拟星座对授时精度的影响分析

在北斗和CAPS导航系统中利用高程作为虚拟星座可显著提高无源定位的精度。在授时应用中无源定位的结果用来计算卫星与用户的距离从而得到信号传输延迟。本文分析了高程误差对授时精度的影响。设定了高程误差,列出了定位方程;采用牛顿迭代法对方程进行了求解。方程的解表明高程误差主要影响定位结果的Z坐标值,而对授时敏感的距离值影响较小。因此高程误差导致的授时误差要小于定位误差。对5个中国城市的仿真结果表明在这些区域100m高程误差引起的授时误差要小于1μs。因此可以采用概略高程取代需要昂贵测试设备的精确高程。概略高程可以满足μs级授时精度的需求,从而满足电力和电信系统大部分场合对时间同步的需求。     

海洋资料浮标观测系统通讯和导航的一种新方法

提出了利用中国区域定位系统(Chinese Area Positioning System,
CAPS)和CAPS终端开展海洋资料浮标通讯和导航的一种新方法。根据海洋资料浮标发送数据 量大而接收数据量小的特点,创新性地提出利用复合导航电文的方法,将通信地面站出站发 送给通信卫星转发改为导航系统下行转发,将CAPS终端通信部分接收改为导航定位部分接收 ,成功地把CAPS终端发展到CAPS\|OC(Chinese Area Positioning System\|Ocean Communi cation, CAPS\|OC)终端。海上实验表明CAPS\|OC终端及CAPS系统可以满足各种海洋资料浮 标的通讯和导航定位的功能要求,目前有两台CAPS\|OC终端已经成功地应用在浅海大型锚 系浮标观测系统的数据传输中。