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Precise onboard time synchronization for LEO satellites / Florian Kunzi in Navigation : journal of the Institute of navigation, vol 69 n° 3 (Fall 2022)  

Public [article]  inNavigation : journal of the Institute of navigation > vol 69 n° 3 (Fall 2022) . - n° 531 Titre : Precise onboard time synchronization for LEO satellites Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Florian Kunzi, Auteur ; Oliver Montenbruck, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 531 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Techniques orbitales [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] horloge [Termes IGN] orbite basse [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] oscillateur [Termes IGN] récepteur DORIS [Termes IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes IGN] récepteur trifréquence [Termes IGN] synchronisation [Termes IGN] temps réel Résumé : (auteur) Onboard time synchronization is an important requirement for a wide range of low Earth orbit (LEO) missions such as altimetry or communication services, and extends to future position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services in LEO. For GNSS-based time synchronization, continuous knowledge about the satellite’s position is required and, eventually, the quality of the position solution defines the timing precision attainable through GNSS measurements. Previous research has shown that real-time GNSS orbit determination of LEO satellites can achieve decimeter-level accuracy. This paper characterizes the performance of GNSS-based real-time clock synchronization in LEO using the satellite Sentinel-6A as a real-world case study. The satellite’s ultra-stable oscillator (USO) and triple-frequency GPS/Galileo receiver provide measurements for a navigation filter representative of real-time onboard processing. Continuous evaluation of actual flight data over 14 days shows that a 3D orbit root-mean-square (RMS) error of 11 cm and a 0.9-ns clock standard deviation can be achieved. Numéro de notice : A2022-822 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.33012/navi.531 Date de publication en ligne : 12/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.531 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101991 [article]

LEO satellite clock analysis and prediction for positioning applications / Kan Wang in Geo-spatial Information Science, vol 25 n° 1 (March 2022)  

Public [article]  inGeo-spatial Information Science > vol 25 n° 1 (March 2022) . - pp 14 - 33 Titre : LEO satellite clock analysis and prediction for positioning applications Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Kan Wang, Auteur ; Ahmed El-Mowafy, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 14 - 33 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] chronométrie [Termes IGN] horloge du satellite [Termes IGN] orbite basse [Termes IGN] oscillateur [Termes IGN] relativité générale Résumé : (auteur) The positioning service aided by low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations has become a hot topic in recent years. To achieve precise positioning, accuracy of the LEO clocks is important for single-receiver users. To bridge the gap between the applicable time of the clock products and the time of positioning, the precise LEO clocks need to be predicted over a certain period depending on the sampling interval of the clock products. This study discusses the prediction errors for periods from 10 s to 1 h for two typical LEO clock types, i.e. the ultra-stable oscillator (USO) and the oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO). The prediction is based on GNSS-determined precise clock estimates, where the clock stability is related to the GNSS estimation errors, the behaviors of the oscillators themselves, the systematic effects related to the environment and the relativistic effects, and the stability of the time reference. Based on real data analysis, LEO clocks of the two different types are simulated under different conditions, and a prediction model considering the systematic effects is proposed. Compared to a simple polynomial fitting model usually applied, the proposed model can significantly reduce the prediction errors, i.e. by about 40%-70% in simulations and about 5%-30% for real data containing different miss-modeled effects. For both clock types, short-term prediction of 1 min would result in a root mean square error (RMSE) of a few centimeters when using a very stable time reference. The RMSE amounts to about 0.1 m, when a typical real-time time reference of the national center for space studies (CNES) real-time clocks was used. For long-term prediction of 1 h, the RMSE could range from below 1 m to a few meters for the USOs, depending on the complexity of the miss-modeled effects. For OCXOs, the 1 h prediction could lead to larger errors with an RMSE of about 10 m. Numéro de notice : A2022-303 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/10095020.2021.1917310 Date de publication en ligne : 08/06/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2021.1917310 Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100377 [article]

On the polarimetric variable improvement via alignment of subarray channels in PPAR using weather returns / Igor R. Ivić in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, Vol 59 n° 3 (March 2021)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > Vol 59 n° 3 (March 2021) . - pp 2015 - 2027 Titre : On the polarimetric variable improvement via alignment of subarray channels in PPAR using weather returns Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Igor R. Ivić, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 2015 - 2027 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement du signal [Termes IGN] antenne radar [Termes IGN] coefficient de corrélation [Termes IGN] données météorologiques [Termes IGN] données polarimétriques [Termes IGN] écho radar [Termes IGN] faisceau [Termes IGN] mesurage de phase [Termes IGN] oscillateur [Termes IGN] polarimétrie radar [Termes IGN] variance de phase Résumé : (Auteur) Many modern phased-array radars (PARs) are multichannel systems that include multiple receivers for data acquisition. Each channel provides a signal from a group of Transmit/Receive modules comprising a section of the antenna. Channels typically consist of a full receive path, often with an independent local oscillator (LO) clock source. Such arrangement provides for beamforming flexibility on receive which can be applied in a digital domain. Consequently, the channel-to-channel phase and magnitude alignment is critical to maximizing the performance of the digital beamforming process and the accuracy of resulting detections and measurements. Herein, a novel method to improve such alignment using weather returns and achieve the improvement in the polarimetric variable estimates is described. Numéro de notice : A2021-213 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3003293 Date de publication en ligne : 10/07/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3003293 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97201 [article]

Performance of miniaturized atomic clocks in static laboratory and dynamic flight environments / Ankit Jain in GPS solutions, vol 25 n° 1 (January 2021)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 25 n° 1 (January 2021) . - 16 p. Titre : Performance of miniaturized atomic clocks in static laboratory and dynamic flight environments Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ankit Jain, Auteur ; Thomas Krawinkel, Auteur ; Steffen Schön, Auteur ; Andreas Bauch, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : 16 p. Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] fréquence [Termes IGN] horloge atomique [Termes IGN] horloge du récepteur [Termes IGN] oscillateur [Termes IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes IGN] stabilité [Termes IGN] variance d'Allan Résumé : (auteur) Miniaturized atomic clocks with high frequency stability as local oscillators in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers promise to improve real-time kinematic applications. For a number of years, such oscillators are being investigated regarding their overall technical applicability, i.e., transportability, and performance in dynamic environments. The short-term frequency stability of these clocks is usually specified by the manufacturer, being valid for stationary applications. Since the performance of most oscillators is likely degraded in dynamic conditions, various oscillators are tested to find the limits of receiver clock modeling in dynamic cases and consequently derive adequate stochastic models to be used in navigation. We present the performance of three different oscillators (Microsemi MAC SA.35m, Spectratime LCR-900 and Stanford Research Systems SC10) for static and dynamic applications. For the static case, all three oscillators are characterized in terms of their frequency stability at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany's national metrology institute. The resulting Allan deviations agree well with the manufacturer's data. Furthermore, a flight experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the performance of the oscillators under dynamic conditions. Here, each oscillator is replacing the internal oscillator of a geodetic-grade GNSS receiver and the stability of the receiver clock biases is determined. The time and frequency offsets of the oscillators are characterized with regard to the flight dynamics recorded by a navigation-grade inertial measurement unit. The results of the experiment show that the frequency stability of each oscillator is degraded by about at least one order of magnitude compared to the static case. Also, the two quartz oscillators show a significant g-sensitivity resulting in frequency shifts of − 1.2 × 10−9 and + 1.5 × 10−9, respectively, while the rubidium clocks are less sensitive, thus enabling receiver clock modeling and strengthening of the navigation performance even in high dynamics. Numéro de notice : A2021-003 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-020-01036-4 Date de publication en ligne : 13/10/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-020-01036-4 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96081 [article]

Inclusion of GPS clock estimates for satellites Sentinel-3A/3B in DORIS geodetic solutions / Petr Štěpánek in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n° 12 (December 2020)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 94 n° 12 (December 2020) . - n° 116 Titre : Inclusion of GPS clock estimates for satellites Sentinel-3A/3B in DORIS geodetic solutions Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Petr Štěpánek, Auteur ; Duan Bingbing, Auteur ; Filler Vratislav, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : n° 116 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Atlantique Sud [Termes IGN] Cryosat [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] données DORIS [Termes IGN] horloge du récepteur [Termes IGN] Jason [Termes IGN] oscillateur [Termes IGN] récepteur DORIS [Termes IGN] récepteur GPS [Termes IGN] rotation de la Terre [Termes IGN] SARAL [Termes IGN] Sentinel-3 Résumé : (auteur) A unique architecture of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B satellites includes the shared ultra-stable oscillator (USO) by the DORIS and GPS receivers. This concept enables to apply onboard GPS clock estimates in the DORIS processing substituting the DORIS polynomial clock model by the GPS epoch-wise model, together with a DORIS-specific clock offset. Such an approach is particularly profitable for the mitigation of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) effect affecting the short-term frequency stability of the USO oscillator in the South America and South Atlantic region. The GPS clock behavior precisely maps the SAA effect and enables us to demonstrate a difference of the USO sensitivity to the SAA for Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B. We present world grid maps of clock time derivatives for both Sentinels, displaying a different sign of the direct effect and other differences in the USO memory/recovery effect. Moreover, we present the impact of SAA on 3D positioning where the largest SAA-related bias reaches several centimeters. We also determine an effect of the precise clock modeling on the Earth rotation parameter estimates. In addition to these improvements, the elimination of the SAA effect gives us an opportunity to get an almost SAA-free DORIS solution from Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B satellites. Using the combined solution of both Sentinels as a reference, we estimate the SAA effect on the DORIS beacon positions also for satellites Jason-2, Jason-3, Saral, Cryosat-2 and Hy-2A and find significant positioning biases for all the recent satellites except Saral. Numéro de notice : A2020-737 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-020-01428-x Date de publication en ligne : 18/11/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01428-x Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96353 [article]

Measuring phase scintillation at different frequencies with conventional GNSS receivers operating at 1 Hz / Viet Khoi Nguyen in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°10 (October 2019)  

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Is the Jason-2 DORIS oscillator also affected by the South Atlantic Anomaly? / Pascal Willis in Advances in space research, vol 58 n° 12 (15 December 2016)  

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Identifying a low-frequency oscillation in Galileo IOV pseudorange rates / Daniele Borio in GPS solutions, vol 20 n° 3 (July 2016)  

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Optimizing Indoor GPS performance: receiver frequency standards / L.D. Vittorini in GPS world, vol 14 n° 11 (November 2003)

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Instrument of GRACE: GPS augments gravity measurements / C. Dunn in GPS world, vol 14 n° 2 (February 2003)

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Zeit und Frequenzen im Meßverfahren der Geodäsie / W. Schlüter (1988)

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Zur Nutzung des Global Positioning Systems in Geodäsie und Geodynamik / H. Landau (1988)

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Gleichrichtmomente bei nordweisenden Kreiseln kurzer Nordsuchzeit infolge oszillatorischer Störbewegungen / P. Schultz (1975)

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Vibrations et phénomènes de propagation, 1. Oscillateurs / Jean-Paul Mathieu (1974)

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Cours de physique Berkeley, 1. Tome 1, Mécanique / C. Kittel (1972)

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