基于PPP电文的Sentinel-3A卫星自主实时精密定轨

    Autonomous real-time precision orbit determination of Sentinel-3A satellite based on PPP messages

    • 摘要: 在低轨导航增强和无线电掩星领域,用户服务需要获取高精度和低延迟的低轨(low earth orbit,LEO)卫星轨道信息。传统的低轨卫星轨道信息获取方案中,低轨卫星将观测值和增强数据传输到地面处理中心,经由地面处理中心处理生成低轨卫星精密轨道信息,轨道信息延迟取决于星地链路时延和全球导航卫星系统增强信息时延。为了提供高精度和低延迟的轨道信息,文章验证了基于精密单点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)电文的低轨卫星自主精密定轨的可行性,提出了基于PPP电文的低轨卫星多系统自主精密定轨技术,以Sentinel-3A卫星为研究对象进行了仿真验证。结果表明,基于PPP电文的单系统、多系统自主实时定轨的三维精度分别是5.32 cm,2.23 cm。基于PPP电文的多系统自主实时定轨技术在消除了等待外部信息时延的同时,可实现厘米级定轨精度,这为未来的低轨导航自主信息处理提供了可行性方案。

       

      Abstract: In the field of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite navigation augmentation and radio occultation, users require high-precision and low-latency LEO satellite orbit information. The conventional approach is that low-orbit satellites transmit observation data and augmentation information to ground processing centers for the generation of precise satellite orbits. The latency in this approach depends on the satellite-to-ground link and augmentation information delay. To provide high-precision and low-latency orbit information, the feasibility of LEO satellite autonomous precise orbit determination based on Precise Point Positioning (PPP) messages is validated, and LEO satellite autonomous precise orbit determination based on PPP messages is proposed, using the Sentinel-3A satellite as the research subject. The results indicate that the three-dimensional accuracy of real-time orbit determination using single-system and multi-system autonomous PPP messages is 5.32 cm and 2.23 cm, respectively. The technique of multi-system autonomous real-time orbit determination based on PPP messages eliminates the waiting time for external information and achieves centimeter-level orbit accuracy, providing a feasible solution for future autonomous information processing in LEO navigation systems.