Course Details

Geodetical Astronomy and Space Geodesy II

Academic Year 2024/25

HE06 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Problem of two bodies, Kepler’s laws. 2. Disturbed and undisturbed satellite movement. 3. Optical and electronic observation methods of tracking satellites. 4. Use of satellites for solving basic problems. 5. Basic methods of determination of position. 6. GPS – system description. 7. GPS – application in surveying. 8. GPS – receivers, related settlements. 9. Satellite altimetry, satellite Earth gravity missions, Earth Gravity Models. 10. Other techniques of satellite geodesy (SLR, DORIS).

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

Introduction. Computation of astronomical azimuth from Sun or Polaris observation, task 1. Preparation of observation program, computer planetarium and its use, task 2. Determination of astronomical azimuth using the Polaris - observation. Determination of astronomical azimuth using the Polaris - repeated observation, task 3. Ephemeris of GPS satellite computation - non disturbed motion, task 4a. Ephemeris of GPS satellite computation - disturbed motion, task 4b. Free time for task 4 finishing. Networks of GNSS permanent stations. Final test.