lecture schedule

• 1. Orthogonal coordinate systems and their mutual transformations, the most important coordinate systems used in space geodesy
• 2. Chronometry - atomic times, Julian date
• 3. Two-body problem, unperturbed motion of satellites
• 4. Disturbed motion of satellites
• 5. Orbits of satellites, optical and electronic observation methods
• 6. Propagation of el-mag. signal in the atmosphere, GPS - space segment, navigation signals, navigation message
• 7. GPS - ground and user segment, receivers, antenna phase centre, breakdown of measurement methods
• 8. Ephemeris, GPS Time, absolute positioning
• 9. DGPS, relative methods, creation of differences, linear combination of measurements
• 10. Resolution of phase measurement ambiguities, relevant measurement methods
• 11. permanent station networks, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou
• 12. GNSS - combination of satellite systems, PPP method

• Transformation of orthogonal coordinates
• Interpolation of satellite ephemerides
• GPS satellite position
• Preprocessing of GNSS observations
• Calculation of position from code measurements
• Processing of GNSS network data