WORLD SCI-TECH R&D ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 317-326.doi: 10.16507/j.issn.1006-6055.2023.05.002

Special Issue: 卫星导航

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Application and Development of High-precision Satellite Laser Ranging in BeiDou Navigation Satellite Systems

ZHANG Haifeng1,2   LONG Mingliang1   YANG Huafeng3 DENG Huarong1   CHENG Zhi’en1   WU Zhibo1,2 MENG Wendong1,2   QIN Si1   LI Pu1   HUANG Yong1    ZHANG Zhongping1,2,4
  

  1. 1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Space Object and Debris Observation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; 3. Beijing Satellite Navigation Center, Beijing 100094, China; 4. East China Normal University State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-07-07

Abstract:

Satellite laser ranging (SLR) is the most accurate technology in satellite orbit measurement. It is widely used in high-precision orbit determination and satellite orbit accuracy checks for satellites, laser time transfer (LTT), and so on. It is an important part of accurately measuring satellite orbits in navigation systems. This paper describes the SLR system in the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and the International joint survey of the BeiDou navigation system. The SLR international joint surveys for satellites of BeiDou 3 observation data were obtained from global laser stations in 2023, which provided conditions for the implementation of joint research on global navigation satellite systems. The high repetition frequency of 100kHz SLR technology has been developed, and applied to BeiDou satellites. The standard point data accuracy reaches the level of 100 um, which effectively improves the quality of navigation SLR observation data. At the same time, another application of SLR technology for the BeiDou navigation system was described, including independent satellite orbit determination, Broadcast ephemeris accuracy check, LTT, and so on.

Key words: Satellite Laser Ranging, Navigation Satellite, Laser Reflector, SLR Data Application