Optimal Selection of Gravity Field Model Order for Spaceborne GNSS Receivers: A Study on System Resources and Real-Time Orbit Determination Accuracy
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Abstract
In this study, different data types are employed according to the objectives of each experiment. Simulated orbit data are used for analyzing the effects of atmospheric drag modeling in order to ensure controlled and consistent comparisons. In contrast, real on-orbit data from the Gaofen-7 satellite are used for evaluating gravity field models with the aim of validating the accuracy and adaptability of the proposed method in real orbital environments. By examining the effects of various gravity field orders on orbit determination accuracy, computation time, and other factors using spaceborne GNSS navigation receivers, the study concludes that setting the gravity field model order to 60 is the best option for LEO satellites at 500 km altitude. With this setup, the orbit determination accuracies in the radial, tangential, and normal directions are 0.420 m, 0.191 m, and 0.225 m, respectively, for a three-dimensional position accuracy of 0.522 m. The computation time is 286 ms.
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OpenAlex topics: GNSS positioning and interference · Geophysics and Gravity Measurements · Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
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Affiliations
College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300192, China
Space Star Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100089, China
Funding
State Key Laboratory of Micro-Spacecraft Rapid Design and Intelligent Cluster
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