Arnold, Daniel

Dettmering, Denise

Jäggi, Adrian

Mao, Xinyuan

Villiger, Arturo

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source: https://doi.org/10.7892/boris.153198 | downloaded: 8.6.2021Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 1Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-3Xinyuan Mao1, Daniel Arnold1, Arturo Villiger1, Adrian Jäggi1, Denise Dettmering21.Astronomical Institute, University of Bern,Bern, Switzerland2.Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut,       Technische Universität München (DGFI-TUM),     Munich, GermanyXinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 2Outline• Motivation• New Bernese reduced-dynamic POD: 1-cm precision• Orbit validations– Internal consistency check– External validations: SLR and altimetry crossover-analysis• New Bernese dynamic POD: estimate the least parameters• Conclusions and discussionsXinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 3Motivation• Copernicus Precise Orbit Determination (CPOD) Quality Working Group• Orbit for satellite altimetry research• Improve the Bernese GNSS softwareSatellites: Sentinel-3A and -3BTime span: 7 June, 2018 to 31 December, 2019 Sentinel-3 satellite and payloads(Credit: ESA)Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 4Bernese reduced-dynamic POD• Single-receiver (zero-difference)integer ambiguity resolution– Use the GNSS Observation-Specific Bias (OSB) and clock products provided by the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE)– Wide-Lane (WL) and Narrow-Lane (NL) ambiguity resolution– Success rate of NL ambiguity resolution w.r.t. all ambiguities (around 410 per day)S3A: 99.0%, S3B: 99.2%Schaer, S., Villiger, A., Arnold, D., et al, 2020. The CODE ambiguity-fixed clock and phase bias analysis products: generation, properties and performance. J. Geod. Submitted. Distribution of relative narrow-lane N1 ambiguity fractional cycles on 7 June, 2018 (DOY: 158). Curves: gaussian distribution with the corresponding std.Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 5Bernese reduced-dynamic POD• Non-gravitational force modelingEarth reflectivity and emissivity grids used for the Earth radiation pressure modelingMao, X., Arnold, D., Girardin, V., et al., 2020: Dynamic GPS-based LEO orbit determination with 1 cm precision using the Bernese GNSS Software. Adv. Space Res., in press, proof online.Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 6Bernese reduced-dynamic PODOrbitSolutionsGrav. ForcesNon-grav. ForcesScale Factors ConstantAcc.Piece-wiseConstant Acc. (PCA)Periodic Acc.EstimatedPar. Nr.IAKN No No No No No No MostIANM Yes No No Yes Yes (loose constraint) No MediumIANG Yes Yes Yes No Yes (tight constraint) No MediumSatellite dynamics parameterization and orbit solutions• The IAKN solution is fully independent from dynamic models and serves as benchmark.• The IANG solution uses more tightly constrained PCAs due to the refined force modeling.Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 7Bernese reduced-dynamic PODNon-gravitational force SRP and AF scale factor estimates for the two satellites• Scale factors are important to compensate non-gravitational force modeling deficiency, e.g., the over-performed atmospheric density modeling at high altitude (~800 km).Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 8Bernese reduced-dynamic PODDaily mean of orbit comparisons between the IANG and the IAKN solutions. Unit: [mm]• Comparison between the IANG and IAKN solutions reveals potential errors in the antenna phase center offset (PCO) or the reference point (ARP) that are computed w.r.t. Center of Mass (CoM).Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 9Bernese reduced-dynamic PODDaily mean of orbit comparisons between the IANG and the official CPOD solutions. Unit: [mm]• In general, quite good agreement between the two independent products.• Might exist geometric (e.g. CoM) discrepancy of ~3 mm in cross-track direction for Sentinel-3A. Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 10Satellite laser ranging validation• Single-receiver ambiguity resolution and non-gravitational force modeling are beneficial for generating superior orbit precisions of 1-cm. Sat. Solution Mean STD Rad. Alo. Cro.S3AIAKN -3.8 11.1 -6.0 0.2 2.2IANM -3.7 9.7 -5.8 0.2 1.5IANG 1.1 9.2 1.6 -0.2 1.1CPOD* 1.4 12.7 1.9 1.7 4.8S3BIAKN -2.3 11.1 -3.8 2.9 3.6IANM -2.3 9.6 -3.8 2.9 3.0IANG 0.3 9.2 0.3 2.7 3.0CPOD* 0.6 12.6 0.5 4.7 3.0SLR validations for the different orbit solutions (10 selected stations, elevation cut-off angle: 10 deg,  outlier screening: 200 mm unit: [mm]).• Solutions of the Copernicus POD (CPOD) service did not perform single-receiver ambiguity resolution for the selected period!Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 11Single-satellite altimetry crossover-analysis• The IANM solution shows small discrepancy in mean w.r.t. the other orbits.• The IANG solution performs reasonably good for satellite altimetry research.Differences of the crossover (XO) differences in mean for the S3A satellite (dtmax = 27days), mean std SXO = 6.68cm (CNES), 6.66 cm (IANG), 6.65cm (IANM) Geographically correlated mean sea surface height errors [m]Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 12Bernese dynamic PODOrbitSolutionsGrav. ForcesNon-grav. ForcesScale Factors ConstantAcc.Piece-wiseConstant Acc. (PCA)Periodic Acc.EstimatedPar. Nr.IAKN No No No No No No MostIANM Yes No No Yes Yes (loose constraint) No MediumIANG Yes Yes Yes No Yes (tight constraint) No MediumIADN Yes (refined) YesYes(10 for AF) No No (from 720 to 0!)*Yes(2 sets alo./cro.) LeastSatellite dynamics parameterization and orbit solutions• The IADN solution estimates the least number of parameters due to the improved force modeling and completely mitigates the use of empirical parameters (PCAs).• This is basically computing the CPOD solution in the Bernese GNSS software.*A typical Bernese reduced-dynamic POD estimates 3 PCAs (radial/along-track/cross-track) in every 6 mins.Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 13Bernese dynamic PODOrbit comparisons between the CPOD, the IADN and the IAKN solutions. Example time span: May 1 to May 3, 2019, Unit: [mm].• The IADN and the FADN (float ambiguity) solutions all show typical orbit dynamic features (periodic variations), agreeing better with the IAKN solution than the CPOD solution.Daily RMS of orbit comparison between the different solutions and the IAKN solutions. Time span: May, 2019, Unit: [mm].Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 14Bernese dynamic PODSat. Solution Mean STD Rad. Alo. Cro.S3AIAKN -3.7 10.2 -5.7 -1.1 1.8IANM -3.2 8.8 -4.9 -0.6 1.2IANG 1.8 8.2 3.0 -1.4 1.2IADN 2.4 9.3 4.1 -4.2 2.3FADN 2.3 11.0 4.2 -4.7 8.2CPOD* 3.3 13.9 5.1 1.3 11.2S3A SLR validations for the different orbit solutions in May, 2019 (10 selected stations, elevation cut-off angle: 10 deg,  outlier screening: 200 mm unit: [mm]).*A day gap is ignored in the validation. On average 100 normal points per day.• The IADN and FADN (float ambiguity) orbit precisions are also reaching 1-cm levels.• Integer ambiguity resolution especially improves cross-track direction.• It is expected that they do not outperform the reduced-dynamic solutions which use huge more empirical parameters (PCAs) to absorb force modeling deficiencies. Xinyuan Mao, et al., Impact of satellite dynamics parameterization on precise orbit determination of Sentinel-343rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2021 HybridSl ide 15Conclusions and discussions• Non-gravitational force modeling and scaling significantly improve the orbit precisions to levels of sub-cm. More refined gravitational and non-gravitational force modeling will further improve the dynamic POD solutions. • Single-receiver integer ambiguity resolution is crucial for all types of PODs.• The current reduced-dynamic orbits perform reliably for the single-satellite altimetry crossover-analysis. The values of kinematic (IAKN) and dynamic (IADN) orbits to this field need to be checked.• Dynamic POD (IADN) uses less empirical parameters, the orbit solutions are more sensitive to the different supporting models, e.g., gravity field. It might be used as an independent validation tool for these models. 

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