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Space Geodesy

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 544-0115/04
Abbreviation CG
Course title Space Geodesy
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to Space Geodesy
2. Keplerian Motion – Review.
3. Lagrange’s Planetary Equations – An Outline of the Derivation.
4. Motion of Artificial Satellites in the Earth’s Gravitational Field. Gauss’s Planetary Equations.
5. Non-gravitational perturbations of artificial satellite orbits.
6. Observation methods in space geodesy
7. Geodetic, geodynamic, and altimetric satellites; geodetic satellite missions.
8. Solving inverse problems in satellite geodesy.
9. Selected applications of space geodesy.
10. Models of the Earth’s gravitational field.
11. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). ITRF2020.
12. Determination of osculating elements from two measured positions.
13. Determination of osculating elements from a “state vector.”

Literature

Kostelecký J.: Přednášky „Kosmická geodézie“ ve formě „ppt“.
Kostelecký J. ml.: Globální polohové souřadnicové systémy, skripta, Nakladatelství ČVUT Praha, 2019.
Kostelecký, J., Klokočník, J., Kostelecký, J. (ml.): Kosmická geodézie, skripta, Vydalo nakladatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2008
Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H., Wasle, E.: GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Springer Verlag, 2008.
SVEHLA, Drazen. Geometrical Theory of Satellite Orbits and Gravity Field. Cham: Springer, 2018.
OGAJA, Clement A. An Introduction to GNSS Geodesy and Applications. 2nd ed. Cham: Springer, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74494-5.

Advised literature

KABELÁČ, J., KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Geodetická astronomie 10, skripta, Vydavatelství, ČVUT, Praha, 1998
BURŠA, M., KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Space Geodesy and Space Geodynamics, Praha 1999.
ANDERSON, A. J., Cazenave A.: Space Geodesy and Geodynamics, Academic Press, 1987.
Xu Guochang: Orbits, Springer, 2008
LEICK,A.: GPS, Satellite Surveying, John Wiley and sons, INC., 1994.
TEUNISSEN, Peter J. G. a Oliver MONTENBRUCK, eds. Springer Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Cham: Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-42928-1 . DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42927-1.
SCHMELZBACH, Cedric; HOHENSINN, Roland, eds. Space Geodesy for Environmental Monitoring. Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 65. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024.
LI, Xianjie, Jean-Pierre BARRIOT, Yidong LOU et al. Towards Millimeter-Level Accuracy in GNSS-Based Space Geodesy: A Review of Error Budget for GNSS Precise Point Positioning. Surveys in Geophysics. 2023, 44, 1691–1731. DOI 10.1007/s10712-023-09785-w.