Re:China's version of GPS now has more satellites than US or...
by throw0101a on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:56AM
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Given that BeiDou-3 MEO has a different orbital altitude (21500km) than GPS (20500km) and thus different orbital characteristics, wouldn't a different number of satellites be needed?
I'm not sure that the number of satellites is that significant, and simply reflects design needs/constraints.
Ran across a good lecture series on GNSS a while ago going into more detail than most people care about ("3.3 - From Keplerian parameters to Earth centered Earth fied ECEF frame"). Module 6.7 - BeiDou:
I'm not sure that the number of satellites is that significant, and simply reflects design needs/constraints.
Ran across a good lecture series on GNSS a while ago going into more detail than most people care about ("3.3 - From Keplerian parameters to Earth centered Earth fied ECEF frame"). Module 6.7 - BeiDou:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpx1ySCKO3Q
Playlist:
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGvhNIiu1ubyEOJga50LJ...