Device and method for orbit determination and prediction of satellites providing signals to users

摘要

The invention relates to device (10) for orbit prediction of satellites comprising
- an accelerometer (12) being provided and adapted for measuring non-gravity forces acting on a satellite (14), and
- processing means (16) being adapted
-- to receive measured non-gravity forces from the accelerometer (12), to estimate the contributions of the measured non-gravity forces to the movement of the satellite (14), and
-- to predict the orbit (18) of the satellite (14) based on the estimated contributions of the non-gravity forces to the movement of the satellite (14).