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Determination of precise Galileo orbits using combined GNSS and SLR observations / Grzegorz Bury in GPS solutions, vol 25 n° 1 (January 2021)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 25 n° 1 (January 2021) . - n° 11 Titre : Determination of precise Galileo orbits using combined GNSS and SLR observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Grzegorz Bury, Auteur ; Krzysztof Sosnica, Auteur ; Radoslaw Zajdel, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 11 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Techniques orbitales [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] données TLS (télémétrie) [Termes IGN] Galileo [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] orbite précise [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] pondération Résumé : (auteur) Galileo satellites are equipped with laser retroreflector arrays for satellite laser ranging (SLR). In this study, we develop a methodology for the GNSS-SLR combination at the normal equation level with three different weighting strategies and evaluate the impact of laser observations on the determined Galileo orbits. We provide the optimum weighting scheme for precise orbit determination employing the co-location onboard Galileo. The combined GNSS-SLR solution diminishes the semimajor axis formal error by up to 62%, as well as reduces the dependency between values of formal errors and the elevation of the Sun above the orbital plane—the β angle. In the combined solution, the standard deviation of the SLR residuals decreases from 36.1 to 29.6 mm for Galileo-IOV satellites and |β|> 60°, when compared to GNSS-only solutions. Moreover, the bias of the Length-of-Day parameter is 20% lower for the combined solution when compared to the microwave one. As a result, the combination of GNSS and SLR observations provides promising results for future co-locations onboard the Galileo satellites for the orbit determination, realization of the terrestrial reference frames, and deriving geodetic parameters. Numéro de notice : A2021-008 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-020-01045-3 Date de publication en ligne : 31/10/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-020-01045-3 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96298 [article]

Sub-daily polar motion from GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo / Radoslaw Zajdel in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 1 (January 2021)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 95 n° 1 (January 2021) . - n° 3 Titre : Sub-daily polar motion from GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Radoslaw Zajdel, Auteur ; Krzysztof Sosnica, Auteur ; Grzegorz Bury, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 3 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Termes IGN] amplitude [Termes IGN] données Galileo [Termes IGN] données géophysiques [Termes IGN] données GLONASS [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] données GPS [Termes IGN] International Earth Rotation Service [Termes IGN] marée océanique [Termes IGN] modèle empirique [Termes IGN] mouvement du pôle [Termes IGN] rotation de la Terre [Termes IGN] variation diurne Résumé : (auteur) We derive an empirical model of the sub-daily polar motion (PM) based on the multi-GNSS processing incorporating GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo observations. The sub-daily PM model is based on 3-year multi-GNSS solutions with a 2 h temporal resolution. Firstly, we discuss differences in sub-daily PM estimates delivered from individual GNSS constellations, including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and the combined multi-GNSS solutions. Secondly, we evaluate the consistency between the GNSS-based estimates of the sub-daily PM with three independent models, i.e., the model recommended in the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) 2010 Conventions, the Desai–Sibois model, and the Gipson model. The sub-daily PM estimates, which are derived from system-specific solutions, are inherently affected by artificial non-tidal signals. These signals arise mainly from the resonance between the Earth rotation period and the satellite revolution period. We found strong spurious signals in GLONASS-based and Galileo-based results with amplitudes up to 30 µas. The combined multi-GNSS solution delivers the best estimates and the best consistency of the sub-daily PM with external geophysical and empirical models. Moreover, the impact of the non-tidal spurious signals in the frequency domain diminishes in the multi-GNSS combination. After the recovery of the tidal coefficients for 38 tides, we infer better consistency of the GNSS-based empirical models with the new Desai–Sibois model than the model recommended in the IERS 2010 Conventions. The consistency with the Desai–Sibois model, in terms of the inter-quartile ranges of tidal amplitude differences, reaches the level of 1.6, 5.7, 6.3, 2.2 µas for the prograde diurnal tidal terms and 1.2/2.1, 2.3/6.0, 2.6/5.5, 2.1/5.1 µas for prograde/retrograde semi-diurnal tidal terms, for the combined multi-GNSS, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo solutions, respectively. Numéro de notice : A2021- 029 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-020-01453-w Date de publication en ligne : 23/12/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01453-w Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96713 [article]

Impact of network constraining on the terrestrial reference frame realization based on SLR observations to LAGEOS / Radoslaw Zajdel in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°11 (November 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n°11 (November 2019) Titre : Impact of network constraining on the terrestrial reference frame realization based on SLR observations to LAGEOS Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Radoslaw Zajdel, Auteur ; Krzysztof Sosnica, Auteur ; Mateusz Drożdżewski, Auteur ; Grzegorz Bury, Auteur ; D. Strugarek, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] géocentre [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] Lageos [Termes IGN] réseau de contraintes [Termes IGN] rotation de la Terre [Termes IGN] station TLS (télémétrie) [Termes IGN] système de référence géodésique [Termes IGN] système de référence local [Termes IGN] télémétrie laser sur satellite [Termes IGN] transformation de Helmert Résumé : (auteur) The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) network struggles with some major limitations including an inhomogeneous global station distribution and uneven performance of SLR sites. The International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) prepares the time-variable list of the most well-performing stations denoted as ‘core sites’ and recommends using them for the terrestrial reference frame (TRF) datum realization in SLR processing. Here, we check how different approaches of the TRF datum realization using minimum constraint conditions (MCs) and the selection of datum-defining stations affect the estimated SLR station coordinates, the terrestrial scale, Earth rotation parameters (ERPs), and geocenter coordinates (GCC). The analyses are based on the processing of the SLR observations to LAGEOS-1/-2 collected between 2010 and 2018. We show that it is essential to reject outlying stations from the reference frame realization to maintain a high quality of SLR-based products. We test station selection criteria based on the Helmert transformation of the network w.r.t. the a priori SLRF2014 coordinates to reject misbehaving stations from the list of datum-defining stations. The 25 mm threshold is optimal to eliminate the epoch-wise temporal deviations and to provide a proper number of datum-defining stations. According to the station selection algorithm, we found that some of the stations that are not included in the list of ILRS core sites could be taken into account as potential core stations in the TRF datum realization. When using a robust station selection for the datum definition, we can improve the station coordinate repeatability by 8%, 4%, and 6%, for the North, East and Up components, respectively. The global distribution of datum-defining stations is also crucial for the estimation of ERPs and GCC. When excluding just two core stations from the SLR network, the amplitude of the annual signal in the GCC estimates is changed by up to 2.2 mm, and the noise of the estimated pole coordinates is substantially increased. Numéro de notice : A2019-610 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-019-01307-0 Date de publication en ligne : 17/10/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-019-01307-0 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94794 [article]

Validation of Galileo orbits using SLR with a focus on satellites launched into incorrect orbital planes / Krzysztof Sosnica in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 2 (February 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 92 n° 2 (February 2018) . - pp 131 - 148 Titre : Validation of Galileo orbits using SLR with a focus on satellites launched into incorrect orbital planes Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Krzysztof Sosnica, Auteur ; Lars Prange, Auteur ; Kamil Kazmierski, Auteur ; Grzegorz Bury, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 131 - 148 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Techniques orbitales [Termes IGN] données TLS (télémétrie) [Termes IGN] Galileo [Termes IGN] orbite Résumé : (Auteur) The space segment of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Galileo consists of In-Orbit Validation (IOV) and Full Operational Capability (FOC) spacecraft. The first pair of FOC satellites was launched into an incorrect, highly eccentric orbital plane with a lower than nominal inclination angle. All Galileo satellites are equipped with satellite laser ranging (SLR) retroreflectors which allow, for example, for the assessment of the orbit quality or for the SLR–GNSS co-location in space. The number of SLR observations to Galileo satellites has been continuously increasing thanks to a series of intensive campaigns devoted to SLR tracking of GNSS satellites initiated by the International Laser Ranging Service. This paper assesses systematic effects and quality of Galileo orbits using SLR data with a main focus on Galileo satellites launched into incorrect orbits. We compare the SLR observations with respect to microwave-based Galileo orbits generated by the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) in the framework of the International GNSS Service Multi-GNSS Experiment for the period 2014.0–2016.5. We analyze the SLR signature effect, which is characterized by the dependency of SLR residuals with respect to various incidence angles of laser beams for stations equipped with single-photon and multi-photon detectors. Surprisingly, the CODE orbit quality of satellites in the incorrect orbital planes is not worse than that of nominal FOC and IOV orbits. The RMS of SLR residuals is even lower by 5.0 and 1.5 mm for satellites in the incorrect orbital planes than for FOC and IOV satellites, respectively. The mean SLR offsets equal −44.9,−35.0, and −22.4 mm for IOV, FOC, and satellites in the incorrect orbital plane. Finally, we found that the empirical orbit models, which were originally designed for precise orbit determination of GNSS satellites in circular orbits, provide fully appropriate results also for highly eccentric orbits with variable linear and angular velocities. Numéro de notice : A2018-058 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1050-x En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1050-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89391 [article]