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    Multivariate Bootstrapped Relative Positioning of Spacecraft Using GPS L1/Galileo E1 Signals

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    Authors
    Buist, P.
    Teunissen, Peter
    Verhagen, A.
    Giorgi, G.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Buist, P. and Teunissen, P. and Verhagen, A. and Giorgi, G. 2011. Multivariate Bootstrapped Relative Positioning of Spacecraft Using GPS L1/Galileo E1 Signals. Advances in Space Research. 47 (5): pp. 770-785.
    Source Title
    Advances in Space Research
    DOI
    10.1016/j.asr.2010.10.001
    ISSN
    02731177
    School
    Department of Spatial Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49629
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    GNSS-based precise relative positioning between spacecraft normally requires dual frequency observations, whereas attitude determination of the spacecraft, mainly due to the stronger model given by the a priori knowledge of the length and geometry of the baselines, can be performed precisely using only single frequency observations. When the Galileo signals will come available, the number of observations at the L1 frequency will increase as we will have a GPS and Galileo multi-constellation. Moreover the L1 observations of the Galileo system and modernized GPS are more precise than legacy GPS and this, combined with the increased number of observations, will result in a stronger model for single frequency relative positioning. In this contribution we will develop an even stronger model by combining the attitude determination problem with relative positioning. The attitude determination problem will be solved by the recently developed Multivariate Constrained (MC-) LAMBDA method. We will do this for each spacecraft and use the outcome for an ambiguity constrained solution on the baseline between the spacecraft. In this way the solution for the unconstrained baseline is bootstrapped from the MC-LAMBDA solutions of each spacecraft in what is called: multivariate bootstrapped relative positioning. The developed approach will be compared in simulations with relative positioning using a single antenna at each spacecraft (standard LAMBDA) and a vectorial bootstrapping approach. In the simulations we will analyze single epoch, single frequency success rates as the most challenging application. The difference in performance for the approaches for single epoch solutions, is a good indication of the strength of the underlying models. As the multivariate bootstrapping approach has a stronger model by applying information on the geometry of the constrained baselines, for applications with large observation noise and limited number of observations this will result in a better performance compared to the vectorial bootstrapping approach. Compared with standard LAMBDA, it can reach a 59% higher success rate for ambiguity resolution. The higher success rate on the unconstrained baseline between the platforms comes without extra computational load as the constrained baseline(s) problem has to be solved for attitude determination and this information can be applied for relative positioning.

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