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An analysis of maximum likelihood estimation method for bit synchronization and decoding of GPS L1 C/A signals
Satellite Orbits and Attitude
This chapter discusses fundamentals of orbital
dynamics and provides a description of key perturbations
affecting global navigation satellite system
(GNSS) satellites along with their impact on the
orbits. Models for perturbing accelerations including
Earth gravity, third body perturbations, surface
forces, and relativistic corrections are described
with emphasis on empirical and semiempirical solar
radiation pressuremodels. Long-termevolution
of GNSS orbits and orbit keeping maneuvers are
discussed. The concepts of broadcast orbit models
such as almanac models, analytical ephemeris
models and numerical ephemeris models used by
current GNSS systems are presented along with
cook book algorithms and a summary of their
performance. Complementary to the discussion
of GNSS satellite orbits, the chapter introduces the
basic concepts of GNSS satellite attitude, which
are, for example, required to describe the antenna
location relative to the center-of-mass