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Reference system origin and scale realization within the future GNSS constellation “Kepler” / Susanne Glaser in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n° 12 (December 2020)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 94 n° 12 (December 2020) . - n° 117 Titre : Reference system origin and scale realization within the future GNSS constellation “Kepler” Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Susanne Glaser, Auteur ; Grzegorz Michalak, Auteur ; Benjamin Männel, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : n° 117 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] centre de phase [Termes IGN] constellation Galileo [Termes IGN] constellation GNSS [Termes IGN] décorrélation [Termes IGN] géocentre [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] Kepler, Johannes [Termes IGN] orbite basse [Termes IGN] orbite terrestre [Termes IGN] orbitographie Résumé : (auteur) Currently, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) do not contribute to the realization of origin and scale of combined global terrestrial reference frame (TRF) solutions due to present system design limitations. The future Galileo-like medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, called “Kepler”, proposed by the German Aerospace Center DLR, is characterized by a low Earth orbit (LEO) segment and the innovative key features of optical inter-satellite links (ISL) delivering highly precise range measurements and of optical frequency references enabling a perfect time synchronization within the complete constellation. In this study, the potential improvements of the Kepler constellation on the TRF origin and scale are assessed by simulations. The fully developed Kepler system allows significant improvements of the geocenter estimates (realized TRF origin in long-term). In particular, we find improvements by factors of 43 for the Z and of 8 for the X and Y component w. r. t. a contemporary MEO-only constellation. Furthermore, the Kepler constellation increases the reliability due to a complete de-correlation of the geocenter coordinates and the orbit parameters related to the solar radiation pressure modeling (SRP). However, biases in SRP modeling cause biased geocenter estimates and the ISL of Kepler can only partly compensate this effect. The realized scale enabling all Kepler features improves by 34% w. r. t. MEO-only. The dependency of the estimated satellite antenna phase center offsets (PCOs) upon the underlying TRF impedes a scale realization by GNSS. In order to realize the network scale with 1 mm accuracy, the PCOs have to be known within 2 cm for the MEO and 4 mm for the LEO satellites. Independently, the scale can be realized by estimating the MEO PCOs and by simultaneously fixing the LEO PCOs. This requires very accurate LEO PCOs; the simulations suggest them to be smaller than 1 mm in order to keep scale changes below 1 mm. Numéro de notice : A2020-736 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-020-01441-0 date de publication en ligne : 19/11/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/1https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01441-0 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96352 [article]

Geodetic VLBI for precise orbit determination of Earth satellites: a simulation study / Grzegorz Klopotek in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n° 6 (June 2020)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 94 n° 6 (June 2020) Titre : Geodetic VLBI for precise orbit determination of Earth satellites: a simulation study Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Grzegorz Klopotek, Auteur ; Thomas Hobiger, Auteur ; Rüdiger Haas, Auteur ; Toshimichi Otsubo, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] constellation GNSS [Termes IGN] données Galileo [Termes IGN] données Lageos [Termes IGN] données VGOS [Termes IGN] géocentre [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] méthode de Monte-Carlo [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] paramètres d'orientation de la Terre [Termes IGN] quasar [Termes IGN] rotation de la Terre Résumé : (auteur) Recent efforts of tracking low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites using geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) raise questions on the potential of this novel observation concept for space geodesy. Therefore, we carry out extensive Monte Carlo simulations in order to investigate the feasibility of geodetic VLBI for precise orbit determination (POD) of MEO satellites and assess the impact of quality and quantity of satellite observations on the derived geodetic parameters. The MEO satellites are represented in our study by LAGEOS-1/-2 and a set of Galileo satellites. The concept is studied on the basis of 3-day solutions in which satellite observations are included into real schedules of the continuous geodetic VLBI campaign 2017 (CONT17) as well as simulated schedules concerning the next-generation VLBI system, known as the VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS). Our results indicate that geodetic VLBI can perform on a comparable level as other space-geodetic techniques concerning POD of MEO satellites. For an assumed satellite observation precision better than 14.1 mm (47 ps), an average 3D orbit precision of 2.0 cm and 6.3 cm is found for schedules including LAGEOS-1/-2 and Galileo satellites, respectively. Moreover, geocenter offsets, which were so far out of scope for the geodetic VLBI analysis, are close to the detection limit for the simulations concerning VGOS observations of Galileo satellites, with the potential to further enhance the results. Concerning the estimated satellite orbits, VGOS leads to an average precision improvement of 80% with respect to legacy VLBI. In absolute terms and for satellite observation precision of 14.1 mm (47 ps), this corresponds to an average value of 17 mm and 7 mm concerning the 3D orbit scatter and precision of geocenter components, respectively. As shown in this study, a poor satellite geometry can degrade the derived Earth rotation parameters and VLBI station positions, compared to the quasar-only reference schedules. Therefore, careful scheduling of both quasar and satellite observations should be performed in order to fully benefit from this novel observation concept. Numéro de notice : A2020-342 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-020-01381-9 date de publication en ligne : 11/06/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01381-9 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95221 [article]

Triple-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution with multi-constellation GNSS: BDS and Galileo / Xingxing Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n° 8 (August 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n° 8 (August 2019) . - pp 1105 - 1122 Titre : Triple-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution with multi-constellation GNSS: BDS and Galileo Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xingxing Li, Auteur ; Xin Li, Auteur ; Gege Liu, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 1105 - 1122 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Navigation et positionnement [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] constellation BeiDou [Termes IGN] constellation GNSS [Termes IGN] estimation de position [Termes IGN] fréquence multiple [Termes IGN] mesurage de phase [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique [Termes IGN] positionnement par Galileo [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] positionnement statique [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté Résumé : (auteur) Multi-constellation GNSS (multi-GNSS) and multi-frequency signals open new prospects for fast ambiguity resolution (AR) of precise point positioning (PPP). Currently, all the BDS and Galileo satellites are capable of transmitting signals on three or more frequencies. In this contribution, we investigate the triple-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution with B1, B2 and B3 observations from BDS satellites and E1, E5a and E5b observations from Galileo satellites and evaluate the contribution of BDS + Galileo combination to triple-frequency PPP AR. The uncalibrated phase delay (UPD) products are estimated based on triple-frequency observations, and the temporal characteristic as well as the residual distributions are analyzed. Our results show that the extra-wide-lane (EWL) and wide-lane (WL) UPDs for BDS and Galileo satellites are both stable during the 30 days and the daily narrow-lane (NL) UPD series are also steady with no obvious fluctuation. The Galileo UPDs exhibit better performance than BDS UPDs due to the high-quality observations. It is also interesting to find that the EWL UPD corrections for all Galileo satellites are very close to the zero. With the precise UPD products, the triple-frequency PPP AR with BDS and Galileo observations was implemented in both static and kinematic modes. Compared to the ambiguity-float solution, the performance can be significantly improved by triple-frequency PPP AR with the positioning accuracy improved by 30–70% in both static and kinematic modes. Moreover, the triple-frequency PPP fixed solutions also present better performance than the dual-frequency PPP fixed solutions in terms of time to the first fix and positioning accuracy, especially for the Galileo-only and BDS + Galileo solutions. And the fusion of multi-GNSS (BDS and Galileo) can further improve the position estimations compared to the single system with more satellites and better spatial geometry. Numéro de notice : A2019-380 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-019-01229-x date de publication en ligne : 01/02/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-019-01229-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93457 [article]

Multi-dimensional particle filter-based estimation of inter-system phase biases for multi-GNSS real-time integer ambiguity resolution / Yumiao Tian in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°7 (July 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n°7 (July 2019) . - pp 1073 - 1087 Titre : Multi-dimensional particle filter-based estimation of inter-system phase biases for multi-GNSS real-time integer ambiguity resolution Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Yumiao Tian, Auteur ; Zhizhao Liu, Auteur ; Frank Neitzel, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 1073 - 1087 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] analyse multidimensionnelle [Termes IGN] constellation GNSS [Termes IGN] erreur systématique inter-systèmes [Termes IGN] filtre [Termes IGN] phase GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] précision du positionnement [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté [Termes IGN] temps réel [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement de données GNSS Résumé : (auteur) In multi-GNSS integration, fixing inter-system double-difference ambiguities to integers is still a challenge due to the existence of inter-system biases (ISB) when mixed types of GNSS receivers are used. It has been shown that when ISB is known, the inter-system ambiguities can be fixed and the reliability of ambiguity fixing can be improved significantly, especially under poor conditions when the number of observed satellites is small. In traditional methods, the intra-system ambiguity is fixed first; then, the ISB is estimated to ultimately fix the inter-system ambiguity. In our work, we use the particle filter-based method to estimate the ISB parameter and fix the inter-system ambiguities to integers at the same time. This method shows higher reliability and higher ambiguity fixing rate. Nevertheless, the existing particle filter approach for ISB parameter estimation is a one-dimensional algorithm. When satellites from three or more systems are observed, there are two or more ISB parameters. We extend the current one-dimensional particle filter approach to multi-dimensional case and estimate multi-ISB parameters in this study. We first present a multi-dimensional particle filter approach that can estimate multi-ISB parameters simultaneously. We also show that the RATIO values can be employed to judge the quality of multi-dimensional ISB values. Afterward, a two-dimensional particle filter approach is taken as an example to validate this approach. For example, in the experiment of GPS L5, Galileo E5a and QZSS L5 integration with 6 satellites using the IGS baseline SIN0-SIN1, only three ambiguities are resolved to integer when the ISBs are unknown. The integer ambiguity fixing rate is 41.0% with 53% of the ambiguity-fixed solutions having positioning errors larger than 3 cm. However, when our approach is adopted, the number of integer ambiguity parameters increases to five. The integer ambiguity fixing rate increases to 99.7% with 100% of ambiguity-fixed solutions having positioning errors smaller than 3 cm. Numéro de notice : A2019-359 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-018-01226-6 date de publication en ligne : 29/01/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-01226-6 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93427 [article]

Processing of GNSS constellations and ground station networks using the raw observation approach / Sebastian Strasser in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°7 (July 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n°7 (July 2019) . - pp 1045 - 1057 Titre : Processing of GNSS constellations and ground station networks using the raw observation approach Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Sebastian Strasser, Auteur ; Torsten Mayer-Gürr, Auteur ; Norbert Zehentner, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 1045 - 1057 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes IGN] constellation GNSS [Termes IGN] données GPS [Termes IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] étalonnage d'instrument [Termes IGN] Global Orbitography Navigation Satellite System [Termes IGN] horloge du satellite [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] position [Termes IGN] repère de référence [Termes IGN] retard ionosphèrique [Termes IGN] station GNSS [Termes IGN] station GPS Résumé : (auteur) This article describes the raw observation approach as implemented at Graz University of Technology to determine GNSS products like satellite orbits, clocks, and station positions. To assess the performance of the approach, 15 years (2003–2017) of observations from a network of 245 globally distributed IGS stations to the GPS constellation were processed on a daily basis using the IGS14 reference frame and antenna calibrations. The resulting products are evaluated against those determined by IGS analysis centers. Orbit fit quality relative to the IGS combination is comparable to the best-fitting solutions used for evaluation. Starting from early 2017, when the IGS switched to IGS14, the determined orbits fit better to the IGS combination than any other considered solution. Midnight discontinuities show good internal orbit consistency and no noticeable satellite block-dependency. Satellite clocks are comparable to the considered IGS analysis center solutions. Station positions differ from the IGS combination on a similar level to the solutions they were evaluated against. The temporal repeatability of station positions is slightly better than that of the IGS combination. The quality of resulting GNSS products confirms that the raw observation approach is well suited for the task of determining satellite orbits, clocks, and station positions. It provides an alternative to well-established approaches used by IGS analysis centers and simplifies the introduction of additional observables from new and modernized GNSS. Numéro de notice : A2019-358 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-018-1223-2 date de publication en ligne : 13/12/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1223-2 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93426 [article]

Le réseau GPS permanent (RGP) de l'IGN / Sébastien Saur in Géomètre, n° 2168 (avril 2019)

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Enhanced local ionosphere model for multi-constellations single frequency precise point positioning applications: Egyptian case study / Emad El Manaily in Artificial satellites, vol 53 n° 4 (December 2018)    

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Performance of absolute real-time multi-GNSS kinematic positioning / Kamil Kazmierski in Artificial satellites, vol 53 n° 2 (June 2018)    

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Le 6e colloque sur les aspects scientifiques et fondamentaux de Galileo s'est tenu à Valence / Jonathan Chenal in XYZ, n° 153 (décembre 2017 - février 2018)

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VLBI observations of GNSS-satellites : from scheduling to analysis / Lucia Plank in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017)  

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GPS, Galileo, QZSS and IRNSS differential ISBs: estimation and application / Dennis Odijk in GPS solutions, vol 21 n° 2 (April 2017)  

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A closed-form formula to calculate geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) for multi-GNSS constellations / Yunlong Teng in GPS solutions, vol 20 n° 3 (July 2016)  

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Single-frequency precise point positioning using multi-constellation GNSS: GPS, Glonass, Galileo and Beidou / Mahmoud Abd Rabbou in Geomatica [en ligne], vol 70 n° 2 (June 2016)  

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On the estimability of parameters in undifferenced, uncombined GNSS network and PPP-RTK user models by means of S-system theory / Dennis Odijk in Journal of geodesy, vol 90 n° 1 (January 2016)  

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Visibility and geometry of global satellite navigation systems constellations / Jacek Januszewski in Artificial satellites, vol 50 n° 4 (December 2015)  

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