10461 (v.3) Satellite and Space Geodesy 381

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Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8039 (v.6) Mathematics 274 or any previous version AND 10424 (v.2) Coordinate and Mapping Systems 282 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	10458 (v.2) Measurement and Adjustment Analysis 381 or any previous version
Principles of space and satellite geodesy: Kepler's laws - the celestial sphere, spherical trigonometry, definitions of celestial coordinate systems and their relationships with terrestrial coordinate systems. Time keeping - relationships between universal, sidereal and atomic time. Solar and stellar determinations of astronomic azimuth. Astronomic positioning using stars. Satellite-based positioning, especially the Global Positioning System (GPS). Description of signal structure and observables. GPSerror sources and their avoidance. Mathematical models for absolute and differential static and kinematic positioning. Characteristics of GPS instrumentation and data processing software. Theoretical and practical aspects of planning, execution and dataanalysis for static and real-time kinematic GPS surveys. GPS quality control. Introduction to integrated positioning systems and other space-based techniques.