Method of Determining Satellite Clock Error by Using Observation Data of Satellite-Ground and Inter-Satellite

Abstract:

We have done some simulate analysis on GPS data in this paper. The main research is method of determining satellite clock error by usining observation data of satellite-ground and inter-satellite under the condition of regional station arrangement. The research method is as follows: when the satellite in the visible area of regional observation network, we can get satellite clock error directly by satellite-ground time comparison, and predict the satellite clock error in invisible area. When the satellite in the invisible area of regional observation network, if this satellite can establish inter-satellite links with other satellites in the visible area, then the satellite clock error can be determined by time comparison of satellite-ground and inter-satellite; If there is no inter-satellite link between this satellite and other satellites in the visible area, then we can only predict the satellite clock error by given data. The simulation conditions of this paper are as follows: the system error of satellite-ground is 0.5 ns, the random error is 0.5 ns; the system error of inter-satellite is 1 ns, the random error is 0.5 ns. In this case, we can obtain the satellite clock error of PRN02 in an orbital period by method of this paper, and the accuracy is about 1.3 ns.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 718-720)
• Pages: 474-479
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.718-720.474
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Fan Qin Meng, Xu Hai Yang, Ji Kun Ou, Pei Wei
• Keywords: GPS, Inter-Satellite Links, Satellite Clock Error, Time Comparison

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