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2008-2009 Graduate Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GPS 570 - Fundamentals of Satellite Positioning


ITRF and ICRF references frames and trasformations, tectonic plate motions, precession, nutation, polar motion, rotational and atomic time scales, GPS time, normal orbits, Kepler’s laws and equation, topocentric satellite motions, visibility, perturbation of satellite orbits, solar radiation pressure, impact of asymmetry of gravity field and earth’s flattening; GPS, GLONASS and Galileo satellite systems. Lec 1.

Prerequisites & Notes
GPS 401 and GPS 441, MAT 262 and MAT 332, equivalent, or consent.

Credits: 1