Position, navigation, and timing (PNT) through low earth orbit (LEO) satellites: A survey on current status, challenges, and opportunities

FS Prol, RM Ferre, Z Saleem, P Välisuo, C Pinell… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More and more satellites are populating the sky nowadays in the Low Earth orbits (LEO).
Most of the targeted applications are related to broadband and narrowband …

Precise orbit determination of LEO satellites: a systematic review

K Selvan, A Siemuri, FS Prol, P Välisuo, MZH Bhuiyan… - GPS Solutions, 2023 - Springer
The need for precise orbit determination (POD) has grown significantly due to the increased
amount of space-based activities taking place at an accelerating pace. Accurate POD …

Study on the thermospheric density distribution pattern during geomagnetic activity

L Yin, L Wang, L Ge, J Tian, Z Yin, M Liu, W Zheng - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The atmospheric density of the thermosphere is a fundamental parameter for spacecraft
launch and orbit control. Under magnetic storm conditions, the thermospheric atmospheric …

The ILRS: approaching 20 years and planning for the future

MR Pearlman, CE Noll, EC Pavlis, FG Lemoine… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) was established by the
International Association of Geodesy (IAG) in 1998 to support programs in geodesy …

Atmospheric density inversion based on Swarm-C satellite accelerometer

L Yin, L Wang, J Tian, Z Yin, M Liu, W Zheng - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We used the Swarm-C accelerometer data to invert the orbital atmospheric density in this
study. First, the Swarm-C satellite mission data were obtained from the ESA's public data …

Precise orbit determination of the Sentinel-3A altimetry satellite using ambiguity-fixed GPS carrier phase observations

O Montenbruck, S Hackel, A Jäggi - Journal of geodesy, 2018 - Springer
The Sentinel-3 mission takes routine measurements of sea surface heights and depends
crucially on accurate and precise knowledge of the spacecraft. Orbit determination with a …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic GPS-based LEO orbit determination with 1 cm precision using the Bernese GNSS Software

X Mao, D Arnold, V Girardin, A Villiger… - Advances in space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB) has been performing
GPS-based Precise Orbit Determination (POD) for a large variety of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) …

The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry

LI Gurvits, Z Paragi, RI Amils, I van Bemmel, P Boven… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultra-high angular resolution in astronomy has always been an important vehicle for making
fundamental discoveries. Recent results in direct imaging of the vicinity of the supermassive …

Precise real-time navigation of LEO satellites using GNSS broadcast ephemerides

A Hauschild, O Montenbruck - NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of …, 2021 - navi.ion.org
The availability of orbit information with high precision and low latency is a key requirement
for many Earth-observation missions, predominantly in the field of radio occultation …

Satellite laser ranging to low Earth orbiters: orbit and network validation

D Arnold, O Montenbruck, S Hackel, K Sośnica - Journal of geodesy, 2019 - Springer
Satellite laser ranging (SLR) to low Earth orbiters (LEOs) provides optical distance
measurements with mm-to-cm-level precision. SLR residuals, ie, differences between …