METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING THE ORBIT AND DETECTING THE TYPE OF A SATELLITE

摘要

A method of predicting the orbit of a satellite of a satellite positioning system, including: associating first and second types of satellites with first and second models of celestial mechanics forces, respectively; storing first ephemerides data of a satellite, associated to first time intervals and second ephemerides data associated to second time intervals. Further, the method comprises: calculating reference satellite positions based on the first ephemerides data; estimating first and second satellite positions in the first time intervals by using the second ephemerides data and the first and second forces models, respectively; determining first and second estimate errors by comparing the reference positions with the first and second positions, respectively; and detecting the type of satellite between the first and second types by an analysis of the first and second errors.

主权项

1. Method of predicting an orbit of a satellite of a satellite positioning system, comprising:
associating first and second models of celestial mechanics forces with first and second types of satellites, respectively; storing first ephemerides data of a satellite, associated with first time intervals, and second ephemerides data of the satellite, associated with second time intervals distinct from the first time intervals; calculating reference positions of the satellite based on the first ephemerides data; estimating first and second satellite positions in the first time intervals by using the second ephemerides data and the first and second forces models, respectively; determining first and second estimate errors by comparing the reference positions with the first and second positions, respectively; and detecting the type of satellite between the first and second types by an analysis of the first and second errors.