Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Centimeter-level precise orbit determination for the HY-2A satellite using DORIS and SLR tracking data

  • Research Article
  • Published:
Acta Geophysica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The HY-2A satellite is the first ocean dynamic environment monitoring satellite of China. Centimeter-level radial accuracy is a fundamental requirement for its scientific research and applications. To achieve this goal, we designed the strategies of precise orbit determination (POD) in detail. To achieve the relative optimal orbit for HY-2A, we carried out POD using DORIS-only, SLR-only, and DORIS + SLR tracking data, respectively. POD tests demonstrated that the consistency level of DORIS-only and SLR-only orbits with respect to the CNES orbits were about 1.81 cm and 3.34 cm in radial direction in the dynamic sense, respectively. We designed 6 cases of different weight combinations for DORIS and SLR data, and found that the optimal relative weight group was 0.2 mm/s for DORIS and 15.0 cm for SLR, and RMS of orbit differences with respect to the CNES orbits in radial direction and three-dimensional (3D) were 1.37 cm and 5.87 cm, respectively. These tests indicated that the relative radial and 3D accuracies computed using DORIS + SLR data with the optimal relative weight set were obviously higher than those computed using DORIS-only and SLR-only data, and satisfied the requirement of designed precision. The POD for HY-2A will provide the invaluable experience for the following HY-2B, HY-2C, and HY-2D satellites.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

Notes

  1. ftp://ftp.ids-doris.org/pub/ids/satellites/h2amass.txt.

  2. ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/doris/cb_mirror/satellites/DORISSatelliteModels.pdf.

  3. ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/doris/products/orbits/ssa/h2a/.

References

  • Auriol A, Tourain C (2010) DORIS system: the new age. Adv Space Res 46(12):1484–1496. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.015

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cerri L, Berthias JP, Bertiger WI, Haines BJ, Lemoine FG, Mercier F, Ries JC, Willis P, Zelensky NP, Ziebart M (2010) Precision orbit determination standards for the Jason series of altimeter missions. Mar. Geod. 33(S1):379–418. doi:10.1080/01490419.2010.488966

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cerri L, Lemoine JM, Mercier F (2013) DORIS-based point mascons for the long term stability of precise orbit solutions. Adv Space Res 52(3):466–476. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2013.03.023

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Choi KR (2003) Jason-1 precision orbit determination using GPS combined with SLR and DORIS tracking data. Ph.D. Thesis. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

  • Colombo OL (1989) The dynamics of global positioning system orbits and the determination of precise ephemerides. J Geophys Res 94:9167–9182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Couhert A, Cerri L, Legeais JF, Ablain M, Zelensky NP, Haines BJ, Lemoine FG, Bertiger WI, Desai SD, Otten M (2015) Towards the 1 mm/y stability of the radial orbit error at regional scales. Adv Space Res 55(1):2–3. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2014.06.041

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Doornbos E, Scharroo R, Klinkrad H, Zandbergen R, Fritsche B (2002) Improved modelling of surface forces in the orbit determination of ERS and Envisat. Can. J. Remote Sens. 28(4):535–543

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gao F, Peng B, Zhang Y, Evariste NH, Liu J, Wang X, Zhong M, Lin M, Wang N, Chen R, Xu H (2015) Analysis of HY2A precise orbit determination using DORIS. Adv Space Res 55(5):1394–1404. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2014.11.032

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Goad CC, Goodman L (1974) A modified Hopfield tropospheric refraction correction model. In: American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA

  • Guo JY, Qin J, Kong QL, Li GW (2012) On simulation of precise orbit determination of HY-2 with centimeter precision based on satellite-borne GPS technique. Appl Geophys 9(1):95–107. doi:10.1007/s11770-012-0319-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guo J, Kong Q, Qin J, Sun Y (2013a) On precise orbit determination of HY-2 with space geodetic techniques. Acta Geophys 61(3):752–772. doi:10.2478/s11600-012-0095-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guo J, Zhao QL, Li M, Hu ZG (2013b) Centimeter level orbit determination for HY2A using GPS data (in Chinese). Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University 38(1):52–55

    Google Scholar 

  • Gurtner W, Noomen R, Pearlman MR (2005) The international laser ranging service: current status and future developments. Adv Space Res 36(3):327–332. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hackel S, Steigenberger P, Hugentobler U, Uhlemann M, Montenbruck O (2015) Galileo orbit determination using combined GNSS and SLR observations. GPS Solutions 19(1):15–25. doi:10.1007/s10291-013-0361-5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hedin AE (1987) MSIS-86 thermospheric model. J Geophys Res 92(A5):4649–4662

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hopfield H (1971) Tropospheric effect on electromagnetically measured range: prediction from surface weather data. Radio Sci 6(3):357–367. doi:10.1029/RS006i003p00357

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jiang XW, Wang XH, Peng HL, Zhong M, Zhong SM (2014) Precise orbit determination technology based on DORIS solution for HY-2satellite (in Chinese). Eng Sci 16(6):83–89

    Google Scholar 

  • Kang Z, Tapley B, Bettadpur S, Ries J, Nagel P, Pastor R (2006) Precise orbit determination for the GRACE mission using only GPS data. J. Geod. 80:322–331. doi:10.1007/s00190-006-0073-5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Knocke PC, Ries JC, Tapley BD (1988) Earth radiation pressure effects on satellites. Proceedings of the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, August 15–17. Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp 577–586

    Google Scholar 

  • Kong QL, Guo JY, Qin J, Sun Y (2013) Simulation of centimeter-level precise orbit determination for the HY-2 satellite using DORIS and SLR (in Chinese). Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University 38(6):694–699

    Google Scholar 

  • Kong Q, Guo J, Hwang C, Gao F, Lin SF, Zhao C (2014) Precise orbit determination and accuracy analysis of HY-2A satellite using DORIS Doppler data. Acta Geod. Geophys. 49:455–470. doi:10.1007/s40328-014-0066-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lemoine FG, Zelensky NP, Chin DS, Pavlis DE, Rowlands DD, Beckley BD, Luthcke SB, Willis P, Ziebart M, Sibthorpe A, Boy JP, Luceri V (2010) Towards development of a consistent orbit series for TOPEX Jason-1, and Jason-2. Adv Space Res 46(12):1513–1540. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.007

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li S, Galas R, Ewert D, Peng J (2016) An empirical model for the ionospheric global electron content storm-time response. Acta Geophys 64(1):253–269. doi:10.1515/acgeo-2015-0067

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lin MS, Wang XH, Peng HL, Zhao QL, Li M (2014) Precise orbit determination technology based on dual-frequency GPS solution for HY-2 satellite (in Chinese). Eng Sci 16(6):97–101

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu JH (2013) Satellite orbit determination method with DORIS system (in Chinese). Master Thesis. National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

  • Luthcke SB, Rowlands DD, Lemoine FG (2002) The SLR contribution to precise orbit determination in the GPS era. In: 13th International Workshop on Laser Ranging “Toward Millimeter Accuracy”. Washington D.C., USA

  • Luthcke SB, Zelensky NP, Rowlands DD, Lemoine FG, Williams TA (2003) The 1-centimeter orbit: Jason-1 precision orbit determination using GPS, SLR, DORIS, and Altimeter Data. Mar Geod 26:399–421

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyard F, Lefevre F, Letellier T, Francis O (2006) Modelling the global ocean tides: modern insights from FES2004. Ocean Dynam. 56(5–6):394–415. doi:10.1007/s10236-006-0086-x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mansoori AA, Khan PA, Atulkar R, Purohit PK, Gwal AK (2015) Ionospheric influences on GPS signals in terms of range delay. Russian J Earth Sci 15(3):1–9. doi:10.2205/2015ES000555

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marini JW, Murray CW (1973), Correction of laser range tracking data for atmospheric refraction at elevations above 10 degrees. GSFC Report X-591-73-351, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  • McCarthy DD, Petit G (2003) Equations of motion for an artificial earth satellite. In: IERS Conventions 2003. IERS Technical Note 32, 106–107, Paris, France

  • Melachroinos SA, Lemoine FG, Zelensky NP, Rowlands DD, Deng C, Pavlis D (2011) Status of precise orbit determination for JASON-2 using GPS, SLR and DORIS data at NASA/GSFC. Geophys Res Abstract 13:EGU2011-10409

  • Mendes VB, Pavlis EC (2004) High-accuracy zenith delay prediction at optical wavelengths. Geophys Res Lett 31(L14):602. doi:10.1029/2004GL020308

    Google Scholar 

  • Mendes VB, Prates G, Pavlis EC, Pavlis DE, Langley RB (2002) Improved mapping functions for atmospheric refraction correction in SLR. Geophys Res Lett 29(10):53-1–53-4. doi:10.1029/2001GL014394

  • Mercier F, Cerri L, Berthias JP (2010) Jason-2 DORIS phase measurement processing. Adv Space Res 45:1441–1454. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2009.12.002

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pavlis NK, Holmes SA, Kenyon SC, Factor JK (2012) The development and evaluation of the Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008). J Geophys Res 117:B04406. doi:10.1029/2011JB008916

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pearlman MR, Degnan JJ, Bosworth JM (2002) The international laser ranging service. Adv Space Res 30(2):135–143. doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00277-6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peng DJ, Wu B, Qu WJ (2012) Jason-2 precise orbit determination with DORIS/SLR tracking data (in Chinese). J Astronaut 33(10):1391–1400

    Google Scholar 

  • Petit G, Luzum B (2010) IERS conventions (2010). Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Sevres (France)

    Google Scholar 

  • Rim HJ (1992) TOPEX orbit determination using GPS tracking system. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

  • Rudenko S, Otten M, Visser P, Scharroo R, Schoene T, Esselborn S (2012) New improved orbit solutions for the ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites. Adv Space Res 49:1229–1244. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2012.01.021

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seeber G (1993) Satellite Geodesy. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  • Sheng CZ, Gan VJ, Zhao CM, Zhang XQ, Sun BQ, Chen WT (2014) Assessment of precise orbit determination of Jason-2 satellite using different observation technologies (in Chinese). Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica 43(8):796–802. doi:10.13485/j.cnki.11-2089.2014.0133

    Google Scholar 

  • Sośnica K, Thaller D, Dach R, Steigenberger P, Beutler G, Arnold D, Jäggiet A (2015) Satellite laser ranging to GPS and GLONASS. J. Geod. 89(7):725–743. doi:10.1007/s00190-015-0810-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Standish EM (1998) JPL Planetary and Lunar ephemerides, DE405/LE405. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Inter Office Memorandum, IOM, 312. F-98-048, 1-18

  • Švehla D, Rothacher M (2003) Kinematic and reduced-dynamic precise orbit determination of low Earth orbiters. Adv. Geosci. 1:47–56

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tapley BD, Ries JC, Davis GW, Eanes RJ, Schutz BE, Shum CK, Watkins MM, Marshall JA, Nerem RS, Putney BH, Klosko SM, Luthcke SB, Pavlis D, Williamson RG, Zelensky NP (1994) Precision orbit determination for TOPEX/POSEIDON. J Geophys Res 99:24383–24404

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tavernier G, Fagard H, Feissel-Vernier M, Bail KL, Lemoine F, Noll C, Noomen R, Ries JC, Soudarin L, Valette JJ, Willis P (2006) The international DORIS service: genesis and early achievements. J. Geod. 80:403–417. doi:10.1007/s00190-006-0082-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thaller D, Sośnica K, Dach R, Jäggi A, Beutler G, Mareyen M, Richter B (2013), Geocenter coordinates from GNSS and combined GNSS-SLR solutions using satellite co-locations. In: Rizos C, Willis P (eds) Earth on the edge: science for a sustainable planet 139:129–134. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37222-3_16

  • Tseng TP, Hwang CW, Yang SK (2012) Assessing attitude error of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites and its impact on orbit determination. Adv Space Res 49:1301–1312. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2012.02.007

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Urschl C, Gurtner W, Hugentobler U, Schaer S, Beutle G (2005) Validation of GNSS orbits using SLR observations. Adv Space Res 36:412–417. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.021

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang XH, Peng HL, Lin MS, Zhou XH (2014) Precise orbit determination technology based on SLR solution for HY-2 satellite (in Chinese). Eng Sci 16(6):90–96

    Google Scholar 

  • Willis P (1995) DORIS coordinating center report. In: IERS Annual Report 1995. IERS, Paris, France

  • Willis P, Gobinddass ML, Garayt B, Fagard H (2012) Recent improvements in DORIS data processing at IGN in view of ITRF2008, the ignwd08 solution. Geodesy for Planet Earth International Association of Geodesy Symposia 136:43–49. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20338-1_6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Willis P, Zelensky NP, Ries JC, Soudarin L, Cerri L, Moreaux G, Lemoine FG, Otten M, Argus DF, Heflin MB (2013), DPOD2008, A DORIS-oriented terrestrial reference frame for precise orbit determination. In: Rizos C, Willis P (eds) International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 143, Springer, Switzerland

  • Wu B, Lin MS, Zhang ZP (2011) Global SLR tracking support for HY-2 satellite precise orbit determination. Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Bad Koetzting, Germany (online at http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/lw17/docs/papers/posters/34-Shanghai_Paper_4.pdf)

  • Zelensky NP, Lemoine FG, Ziebart M, Sibthorped A, Willis P, Beckley BD, Klosko SM, Chinn DS, Rowlands DD, Luthcke SB, Pavlis DE, Luceri V (2010) DORIS/SLR POD modeling improvements for Jason-1 and Jason-2. Adv Space Res 46:1541–1558. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.008

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang Y, Vincent T (2011), HY2-ICD-0-00009-CNES technical. Document for HY2A Ground Segment

  • Zhang Q, Liao XH, Huang C (2000) An investigation of the precise orbit determination by combination of two kinds of measurements (in Chinese). Acta Astronomica Sinica 41(4):347–354

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhao G, Zhou XH, Wu B (2013) Precise orbit determination of Haiyang-2 using satellite laser ranging. Chinese Sci Bull 58(6):589–597. doi:10.1007/s11434-021-5564-6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhu J, Wang JS, Chen JR, He YF (2013) Centimeter precise orbit determination for HY-2 via DORIS (in Chinese). J Astronaut 34(2):163–169. doi:10.3873/j.issn.1000-1328.2013.02.003

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We thank anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. We express our gratitude to CNES for providing HY-2A precise orbit and CDDIS for providing DORIS and SLR data. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41374009 & 41201381), the Public Benefit Scientific Research Project of China (No. 201412001), International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (No. 2009DFB00130), the Shandong Natural Science Foundation of China (No. ZR2013DM009), the Basic Science and Technology Research Project of China (Grant No. 2015FY310200), and Open Fund of Engineering Laboratory of Spatial Information Technology of Highway Geological Disaster Early Warning in Hunan Province (Changsha University of Science and Technology) (No. kfj150605).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

    Qiaoli Kong, Jinyun Guo & Chuanfa Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

    Qiaoli Kong, Jinyun Guo & Chuanfa Chen

  3. Engineering Laboratory of Spatial Information Technology of Highway Geological Disaster Early Warning in Hunan Province, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China

    Qiaoli Kong

  4. Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628CN, The Netherlands

    Yu Sun

  5. Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, China

    Chunmei Zhao

Authors
  1. Qiaoli Kong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jinyun Guo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Yu Sun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Chunmei Zhao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Chuanfa Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Qiaoli Kong or Jinyun Guo.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kong, Q., Guo, J., Sun, Y. et al. Centimeter-level precise orbit determination for the HY-2A satellite using DORIS and SLR tracking data. Acta Geophys. 65, 1–12 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-016-0001-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-016-0001-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation