Precise Orbit Determination of GPS Satellites using Carrier Phase Measurement Technical Consultant...

Precise Orbit Determination of Precise Orbit Determination of GPS Satellites using Carrier GPS Satellites using Carrier

Phase MeasurementPhase Measurement

Technical ConsultantTechnical Consultant Tomoji TAKASUTomoji TAKASU

Kasai Design Office Ltd.Kasai Design Office Ltd. Shoji KASAIShoji KASAI

http://gpspp.sakura.ne.jp

MotivationMotivation

• Precise Orbit/Clock Determination is Key Technology for Accurate Positioning with GPS/GNSS

• Demands for Real-Time / Near Real-Time Precise GPS Orbit/Clock

• Technique can be Applied to Precise Orbit Determination for Satellite with GPS Receiver


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Measurement ModelMeasurement Model

Undifferenced (Zero-Differenced)Ionosphere-Free Linear Combination of Carrier Phase Measurements (L1,L2)

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ECI to ECEF TransformationECI to ECEF Transformation

)()()()()()( ttGASTyxt zpxpy PNRRRU

• Precession/Nutation Model :IAU1976/1980, IERS1996, IAU2000A

• Earth Rotation Parameters

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Tropospheric Delay ModelTropospheric Delay Model

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• ZTD : Zenith Total Delay

• GE ,GN : Tropospheric Gradient

• Mdry,Mwet : Mapping Function (NMF etc)

)00028.02cos00266.01/(0022768.0 0 HPZHD


Satellite Antenna Offset/PCVSatellite Antenna Offset/PCV

PRN22 Nadir Angle - Postfit Residuals (m)

• Satellite Antenna Offset (m)Block II/IIA : (0.279,0,1.023), IIR : (0,0,0)

• Satellite Antenna PCV

)( pcvspcvssataoecisatapcs ΔEΔ


Receiver Antenna Offset/PCVReceiver Antenna Offset/PCV

• Eccentricity : Marker to ARP

• Antenna PCV : IGS_01.PCVAPC : ARP to L1/L2 Phase CenterPCV : Elevation Dependent Variation

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Site DisplacementsSite Displacements

• Solid Earth Tides

• Ocean Loading

• Polar Tides

• Atmospheric Loading, Snow, ...

• IERS Conventions 1996/2003

)(' polaroceansolideceflocalsdisp ΔΔΔEΔ


Relativity/Phase Wind-up EffectRelativity/Phase Wind-up Effect

• Relativistic Effect to Satellite Clock

• Phase Wind-up EffectRCP phase affected by Relative Rotation between Satellite/Receiver Antenna

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Satellite Orbit ModelSatellite Orbit Model

• Geopotential : JGM-3 + Tidal Effects

• 3rd Body : Moon/Sun, JPL DE405

• Solar Radiation Pressure : GPS SRP Model

• Relativity Effect

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Perturbations of Satellite Orbit Perturbations of Satellite Orbit A

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erat

ion

(m/s

2 )

1

10-2

10-4

10-6

10-8

10-10

10-12

0 10000 20000 30000Height (km)

GEOGPS

GM

J2,0

J2,2 Moon

Sun

SRPSolid TideRelativity

J6,6

J18,18

Air Drag


GPS SRP ModelGPS SRP Model

• Precise GPS Specific SRP ModelROCK 4/42CODE RPRGSPM04.b

• Eclipse ModelCylindric, Penumbra/Umbra


Other State Transition ModelsOther State Transition Models

• Satellite Clock : 1st order Gauss-Marcov

• Receiver Clock : White-Noise

• Tropos. Parameters : Random-Walk

• Earth Rotation Parameters : Random-Walk

• Carrier Phase Bias :Fixed in a Arc, Reinitialized on Cycle-Slip


Estimation FilterEstimation Filter

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10/2 0:00 10/2 12:00 10/3 0:00 10/3 12:00 10/4 0:00 10/4 12:00 10/5 0:00

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0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

3D P

ositi

on E

rror

(m

)

Forward (RMS:66.9cm)Backward (RMS:4.0cm)Smoothed (RMS:3.6cm)

PRN01 Orbit Estimation Error (wrt IGS Final)


Quality ControlQuality Control

• Prefit Residuals Test

• Postfit Residuals Test

• Outlier Exclusion and Re-Filtering

• Statistical Test of Outlier Rate, Prefit/Postfit Residuals RMS and Valid Data Outage

• Bad Satellite/Station Exclusion and Re-Estimation


Evaluation of AccuracyEvaluation of Accuracy

• GT ver.0.5.5

• GPS Week 1291 (2004/10/3-10/9)

• GPS 29 Satellites / IGS 40 Stations

• Initial Orbit/Clock : Broadcast Ephemeris

• Station Pos : Previous Week PPP results

• 3Pass Filter/Smoother

• 24H+Overlap24H, Interval : 300sec


GpsTools (GT) ver.0.5.5GpsTools (GT) ver.0.5.5


IGS 40 StationsIGS 40 Stations

150 W 120 W 90 W 60 W 30 W 0 30 E 60 E 90 E 120 E 150 E 180 E

60 S

30 S

0

30 N

60 N

ALGO

AMC2

AREQASC1

AUCK

BAHR

CAS1

CEDU

COCO

DAV1

DRAO

FAIR

HOB2

IISC

IRKT

KERG

KOUR

LHAS

LPGS

MAC1

MAG0

MAS1MATE

MKEA

NRC1

NRIL

ONSA

PERT

PIE1

PIMO

POL2

REUN

RIOG

STJO

THTI

TROM

TSKBUSNO VILL

YELL


Estimated ParametersEstimated Parameters

ParametersNumberof States

Sats/Stas Total

Satellite Position/Velocity 6 29 174Satellite SRP Parameters 4 29 116Satellite Clock 2 29 58Station Tropos. ZTD 1 40 40Station Tropos. Gradient 5 40 200Station Receiver Clock 1 40 40Carrier Phase Bias 1 29 x 40 1160Earth Rotation Parameters 3 1 3Total Parameters per Epoch 1788


IGS Final Orbit/ClockIGS Final Orbit/Clock

• ~300 World-Wide GPS Stations

• Weighted Average of 8 Analysis Centers CODE, ESA, GFZ, JPL, NRCan, MIT, NOAA, SOPAC

• Various Analysis S/W Packages

• Formal AccuracyOrbit : < 5cm, Clock : < 0.1nsec


Estimated Orbit AccuracyEstimated Orbit Accuracy

3D RadialAlong-Track

Cross-Track

PositionRMSError

5.18cm 1.97cm 3.43cm 3.12cm

Average of 29 Satellites, wrt IGS Final


Orbit Accuracy by SatellitesOrbit Accuracy by Satellites

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

GP

S01

G

PS

03

GP

S04

G

PS

05

GP

S06

G

PS

07

GP

S08

G

PS

09

GP

S10

G

PS

11

GP

S13

G

PS

14

GP

S15

G

PS

16

GP

S17

G

PS

18

GP

S19

G

PS

20

GP

S21

G

PS

22

GP

S23

G

PS

24

GP

S25

G

PS

26

GP

S27

G

PS

28

GP

S29

G

PS

30

GP

S31

A

vera

ge

Pos

ition

RM

S E

rror

(m

)

3DRadialAlong-TrackCross-Track

Orbit Error wrt IGS Final


Estimated Orbit (Example)Estimated Orbit (Example)

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4RMS: 0.0385m

Pos

itio

n E

rror

3D

(m

)

10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

RMS R: 0.0121m A: 0.0321m C: 0.0175mPos

itio

n E

rror

R/A

/C (

m)

RadialAlong-TrackCross-Track

PRN01 Orbit Error wrt IGS Final


Estimated Clock AccuracyEstimated Clock Accuracy

With BIAS Without BIAS

Clock BiasRMS Error 0.135ns 0.099ns



Clock Accuracy by SatellitesClock Accuracy by Satellites

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

GP

S01

G

PS

03

GP

S04

G

PS

05

GP

S06

G

PS

07

GP

S08

G

PS

09

GP

S10

G

PS

11

GP

S13

G

PS

14

GP

S15

G

PS

16

GP

S17

G

PS

18

GP

S19

G

PS

20

GP

S21

G

PS

22

GP

S23

G

PS

24

GP

S25

G

PS

26

GP

S27

G

PS

28

GP

S29

G

PS

30

GP

S31

A

vera

ge

Clo

ck B

ias

RM

S E

rror

(ns

ec)

Clock Error wrt IGS Final


Estimated Clock (Example)Estimated Clock (Example)

3.662

3.664

3.666

3.668

3.67x10

5

Clo

ck B

ias

(ns)

10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

Clo

ck B

ias

Err

or (

ns)

MEAN: 0.073ns RMS: 0.127ns

PRN01 Clock/Clock Error wrt IGS Final


Estimated ZTD (Example)Estimated ZTD (Example)ALGO Tropospheric ZTD


Estimated ERPEstimated ERP

0.2

0.201

0.202

0.203

Xp

(")

0.415

0.42

0.425

Yp

(")

10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9-0.4576-0.4574-0.4572-0.457

-0.4568-0.4566

UT

1-U

TC

(se

c)

IGS Final


Station Geometry DependencyStation Geometry Dependency

8 Stations 12 Stations 24 Stations

12.3cm 7.7cm 5.7cm

0.25ns 0.20ns 0.16ns

Estimated Orbit/Clock RMS Error



ConclusionsConclusions

• Orbit/Clock Determination of GPS Satellites using Carrier Phase Measurement

• Accuracy wrt IGS FinalOrbit : 5.2cm (3D RMS)Clock : 0.14ns (Bias RMS)

• Future Work : Real-Time Application

Details : See http://gpspp.sakura.ne.jp

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