Subject: Description of courses
Fifth Year

second Semester

SRE51102: SATELLITE GEODESY II (Lecture 3 hours- Practical 3 hours)
Satellite Positioning System Design: design aspects of satellite positioning systems. Basic radio propagation electronics theory. The propagation and structure of satellite transmissions (spectrum, carriers, modulation, multiple access techniques). Hardware design of receivers and antennas. Timing and clocks. Satellite, system architecture and constellation design. Error sources and their implication. Spectrum allocation and management. Recent developments. Orbital dynamics. GPS for high precision positioning and navigation. Practical Field work and Lab in GPS positioning.
Kinematics Positioning: Performance requirements, Mathematical Models, observation methods, processing strategies, uncertainties and other characteristics associated with moving marine, land, airborne and space vehicle positioning, orientation and attitude applications.
Advanced Satellite Positioning: Stand-alone and differential positioning and processing techniques. High precision static and kinematics positioning techniques. Systematic biases and errors: sources, effects and mitigation. Satellite orbit determination and integration. Observables and observation equations used in positioning. Other geodetic positioning technologies; Gleans and Galle, SLR, VLBI, and DORIS. International services; IERS and IGS. Continuous Operating Reference Systems. Virtual Reference Systems. Some detailed applications and case studies. Current developments. Integrated GNSS with Total station and Laser Scanning and Mobile Lidar mapping.