Impact of Attitude Model, Phase Wind-Up and Phase Center Variation on Precise Orbit and Clock Offset Determination of GRACE-FO and CentiSpace-1
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Testing Spacecrafts and Data Collection
2.1. Testing Spacecrafts
2.2. Data Collection and Quality Analysis
3. POCD Platform and Strategy
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Impact of Attitude Model
4.1.1. Attitude Modeling
4.1.2. Validation and Discussion
4.2. Impact of Phase Wind-Up
4.2.1. Carrier Phase Wind-Up Effect
4.2.2. Validation and Discussion
4.3. Impact of PCV
4.3.1. Estimation of PCV Maps
4.3.2. Validation and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Description |
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Measurement model | |
Observation | Non-differentiated ionosphere-free linear combination |
Arc length and interval | 12 h, 10 s |
Weighting strategy | PC (a priori sigma of 1 m), LC (a priori sigma of 1 cm) |
GPS products | CODE final products [34] |
Elevation cut-off angle | 5° |
GNSS PCO and PCV | igs14.atx [35] |
LEO attitude | Discussed |
Phase wind-up | Discussed |
LEO PCO and PCV | Nominal values; Discussed |
Dynamic model | |
Earth gravity | EIGEN_GL04C, 120 × 120 [36] |
N-body | JPL DE405 [37] |
Relativity | IERS 2010 [38] |
Solid earth tide and pole tide | IERS 2010 [38] |
Ocean tides | FES 2004, 30 × 30 [39] |
Solar radiation pressure | Cannonball model [40] |
Atmospheric drag | NRLMSISE-00 [41], piecewise periodical estimation |
Empirical forces | Piecewise periodical estimation of the sin and cos coefficients in the track and normal directions |
Estimated parameters | |
LEO initial state | Position and velocity at the initial state |
Receiver clock | Epoch-wise estimated |
Ambiguities | Floated solution |
Solar coefficients | One per 3 h |
Drag coefficients | One per 3 h |
Empirical coefficients | One per 3 h |
Spacecraft | Solutions | Residual (mm) | Overlap Comparison (cm) | JPL Comparison (cm) | ||||||
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R | T | N | 3D | R | T | N | 3D | |||
GRCC | Nominal ATT | 7.95 | 0.75 | 1.56 | 1.25 | 2.15 | 2.07 | 2.08 | 1.15 | 3.18 |
Measured ATT | 7.93 | 0.75 | 1.55 | 1.24 | 2.14 | 2.06 | 2.07 | 1.15 | 3.17 | |
CS01 | Nominal ATT | 9.37 | 0.72 | 1.44 | 1.01 | 1.93 | / | / | / | / |
Measured ATT | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Spacecraft | Solutions | Residual (mm) | Overlap Comparison (cm) | JPL Comparison (cm) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | T | N | 3D | R | T | N | 3D | |||
GRCC | without PWU | 7.93 | 0.75 | 1.56 | 1.25 | 2.15 | 2.07 | 2.08 | 1.15 | 3.17 |
with PWU | 7.81 | 0.73 | 1.52 | 1.24 | 2.11 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.23 | 2.98 | |
CS01 | without PWU | 9.37 | 0.72 | 1.44 | 1.01 | 1.93 | / | / | / | / |
with PWU | 9.31 | 0.71 | 1.39 | 0.98 | 1.88 | / | / | / | / |
Spacecraft | Solutions | Residual (mm) | Overlap Comparison (cm) | JPL Comparison (cm) | ||||||
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R | T | N | 3D | R | T | N | 3D | |||
GRCC | without PCV | 7.81 | 0.73 | 1.52 | 1.24 | 2.11 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.23 | 2.98 |
with PCV | 7.31 | 0.72 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 2.08 | 1.78 | 1.63 | 1.29 | 2.75 | |
CS01 | without PCV | 9.31 | 0.71 | 1.39 | 0.98 | 1.88 | / | / | / | / |
with PCV | 8.55 | 0.65 | 1.28 | 0.95 | 1.72 | / | / | / | / |
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Yuan, J.; Zhou, S.; Hu, X.; Yang, L.; Cao, J.; Li, K.; Liao, M. Impact of Attitude Model, Phase Wind-Up and Phase Center Variation on Precise Orbit and Clock Offset Determination of GRACE-FO and CentiSpace-1. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132636
Yuan J, Zhou S, Hu X, Yang L, Cao J, Li K, Liao M. Impact of Attitude Model, Phase Wind-Up and Phase Center Variation on Precise Orbit and Clock Offset Determination of GRACE-FO and CentiSpace-1. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(13):2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132636
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuan, Junjun, Shanshi Zhou, Xiaogong Hu, Long Yang, Jianfeng Cao, Kai Li, and Min Liao. 2021. "Impact of Attitude Model, Phase Wind-Up and Phase Center Variation on Precise Orbit and Clock Offset Determination of GRACE-FO and CentiSpace-1" Remote Sensing 13, no. 13: 2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132636