ANALYSIS ON THE COVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF GLONASS CONSTELLATION

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada === The coverage characteristics of the GLONASS constellation is analyzed. The almanac data of GLONASS navigation message are used in the computation according to the op...

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Main Authors: Hui, Liu, Qishan, Zhang
Other Authors: Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Language:en_US
Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1999
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606822
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/606822
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Summary:International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada === The coverage characteristics of the GLONASS constellation is analyzed. The almanac data of GLONASS navigation message are used in the computation according to the operation of the satellites. The ground traces of the GLONASS satellites are plotted. And the probability of visible satellite number is calculated under different latitude conditions. The results are analyzed to give descriptions of the GLONASS constellation. And they are compared with those of GPS's. The conclusion is verified that GLONASS constellation provides better coverage at high latitude.