The Haiyang-2D altimetry mission of China is one of the first Low Earth Orbit(LEO)satellites that can receive new B1C/B2a signals from the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System(BDS-3)for Precise Orbit Determination(POD...The Haiyang-2D altimetry mission of China is one of the first Low Earth Orbit(LEO)satellites that can receive new B1C/B2a signals from the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System(BDS-3)for Precise Orbit Determination(POD).In this work,the achievable accuracy of the single-receiver ambiguity resolution for onboard LEO satellites is studied based on the real measurements of new BDS-3 frequencies.Under normal conditions,six BDS-3 satellites on average are visible.However,the multipath of the B1C/B2a code observations presents some patchy patterns that cause near-field variations with an amplitude of approximately 40 cm and deteriorate the ambiguity-fixed rate.By modeling those errors,for the B2a code,a remarkable reduction of 53%in the Root Mean Square(RMS)is achieved at high elevations,along with an increase of 8%in the ambiguity-fixed rates.Additionally,an analysis of the onboard antenna’s phase center offsets reveals that when compared to the solutions with float ambiguities,the estimated values in the antenna’s Z direction in the solutions with fixed ambiguities are notably smaller.The independent validation of the resulting POD using satellite laser ranging at 16 selected high-performance stations shows that the residuals are reduced by a minimum of 15.4%for ambiguity-fixed solutions with an RMS consistency of approximately 2.2 cm.Furthermore,when compared to the DORIS-derived orbits,a 4.3 cm 3D RMS consistency is achieved for the BDS-3-derived orbits,and the along-track bias is reduced from 2.9 to 0.4 cm using ambiguity fixing.展开更多
基金This work is partly sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.2021M702507)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42204020,42004020,42074032,41931075 and 42030109)the Key Research and Development Plan Project of Hubei Province(Grant Nos.2020BIB006).
文摘The Haiyang-2D altimetry mission of China is one of the first Low Earth Orbit(LEO)satellites that can receive new B1C/B2a signals from the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System(BDS-3)for Precise Orbit Determination(POD).In this work,the achievable accuracy of the single-receiver ambiguity resolution for onboard LEO satellites is studied based on the real measurements of new BDS-3 frequencies.Under normal conditions,six BDS-3 satellites on average are visible.However,the multipath of the B1C/B2a code observations presents some patchy patterns that cause near-field variations with an amplitude of approximately 40 cm and deteriorate the ambiguity-fixed rate.By modeling those errors,for the B2a code,a remarkable reduction of 53%in the Root Mean Square(RMS)is achieved at high elevations,along with an increase of 8%in the ambiguity-fixed rates.Additionally,an analysis of the onboard antenna’s phase center offsets reveals that when compared to the solutions with float ambiguities,the estimated values in the antenna’s Z direction in the solutions with fixed ambiguities are notably smaller.The independent validation of the resulting POD using satellite laser ranging at 16 selected high-performance stations shows that the residuals are reduced by a minimum of 15.4%for ambiguity-fixed solutions with an RMS consistency of approximately 2.2 cm.Furthermore,when compared to the DORIS-derived orbits,a 4.3 cm 3D RMS consistency is achieved for the BDS-3-derived orbits,and the along-track bias is reduced from 2.9 to 0.4 cm using ambiguity fixing.
