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5.4 Preparation of Precise Orbit Information<br />

models implemented in program ORBGEN allow to reconstruct the IGS precise orbits at the<br />

1 cm level. If orbits from the CODE Analysis Center were used this consistency would be<br />

even higher because at CODE the same orbit model is used.<br />

It has to be noted that in order to assure maximum consistency, the Earth orientation<br />

parameters delivered together with the orbit information have to be used. Figure 5.9 shows<br />

a slightly lower precision of the fit to a IGS precise orbit if Bulletin A Earth orientation<br />

information is used instead of the IGS Earth orientation information.<br />

It is absolutely mandatory to use the same Earth orientation information used to generate<br />

the tabular orbit resp. the standard orbit in every program where this orbit information is<br />

used. The standard orbit together with the Earth orientation information define the orbits<br />

in the terrestrial reference frame.<br />

For an automated processing the “Summary file” may be specified in panel “ORBGEN 2: Result<br />

and Output Files” well suited. It compiles the RMS of the tabular orbit positions in cm for<br />

all satellites in one line.<br />

Program DEFXTR may be used to extract information from an output file generated by<br />

ORBGEN. The summaries contain total number and eclipsing number of satellites, largest<br />

fit RMS as well as a compact list of the fit RMS for all satellites. Furthermore, an arc split<br />

summary may list satellites with high RMS. See the corresponding on-line help for more<br />

details.<br />

Program ORBGEN allows to specify a satellite problem file (see Section 22.4.6). Satellite<br />

data marked as bad in this file will not be used for the orbital fit. If a satellite is marked<br />

as bad for the entire interval its orbit will not be contained in the standard orbit generated<br />

by ORBGEN. A satellite for which an orbital maneuver is indicated in the satellite problem<br />

file during the time period covered by the orbital fit may appear two times in the standard<br />

orbit file (unless the data is removed as bad):<br />

(1) with its actual PRN-number. The orbit fits the tabular positions available before the<br />

epoch of the maneuver.<br />

(2) with the PRN-number PRN’= PRN+50. The orbit fits the tabular positions available<br />

after the epoch of the maneuver.<br />

Both orbits cover the entire time period contained in the standard orbit. All programs<br />

accessing the standard orbit get their information on the maneuver epoch from the satellite<br />

problem file and they switch from the first to the second orbit of the satellite for all epochs<br />

following the maneuver epoch. It is, therefore, important to use the same satellite problem<br />

file throughout all processing steps.<br />

The CODE Analysis Center maintains a satellite problem file. The fileSAT yyyy.CRX (where<br />

yyyy denotes the 4-digit year) is updated daily and may be downloaded from http://www.<br />

aiub.unibe.ch/download/BSWUSER50/GEN. Files from earlier years are available back to<br />

1992. In addition, a file <strong>GPS</strong> yyyy.CRX is made available since 2003 which excludes all<br />

GLONASS satellites. Users which do not want to use GLONASS data but download precise<br />

files containing GLONASS information may remove GLONASS information by using this<br />

file.<br />

<strong>Bernese</strong> <strong>GPS</strong> <strong>Software</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>5.0</strong> Page 97

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