10461 (v.3) Satellite and Space Geodesy 381

Area:

Department of Spatial Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 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

Syllabus:

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 GPS. Description of signal structure and observables. GPS error sources and their avoidance.Mathematical models for absolute and relative static positioning. Characteristics of GPS instrumentation and data processing software. Theoretical and practical aspects of planning, execution and data analysis for static GPS surveys. GPS quality control.

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Field of Education:

031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External