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DYNAMIC POSITIONING CONFERENCE

October 15-16
15-16, 2013

SENSORS SESSION I

Galileo Is Coming! – How Should It Be Used In DP

Ole Ørpen, Erik Vigen, Rune Strandli

Fugro Satellite Positioning AS
 Galileo is coming! –
How should it be used in DP

Ole Ørpen, Erik Vigen, Rune Strandli

Fugro Satellite Positioning AS

MTS DP Conference
15-16 October 2013, Houston

© Fugro 2013 www.fugro.com

Contents Menu

Background, GNSS Frequency Bands

Fugro G2
Galileo Status
Other GNSS Status, GNSS Signals
Initial Galileo only Positioning
GNSS combinations examples
Summary

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 Satellite Navigation Frequencies

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http://www.navipedia.net/index.php/GNSS_signal
 Fugro G2, GPS+GLONASS Service
• Orbit & clock Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
– Using more accurate orbits than broadcast ephemeris
and very precise real-time satellite clock corrections
– Using carrier phase dual-frequency measurements to
get decimeter accuracy

• Broadcast via Geostationary satellites

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 G2 system overview

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 Galileo, European Satellite Navigation System

2020, 30 Satellites
Full Operational Capability (FOC)
24+2 satellites
2018

Initial Operational Capability (IOC)

18 satellites

2015

Full Galileo Constellation In-Orbit Validation (IOV)

4 satellites
Can be used for testing
2011/2013
Galileo System Testbed
2 test satellites

2005/2008

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 FOC Deployment Calendar

Launch delayed from Sept. 2013 to 2014

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 Galileo services provision timeline

• Galileo Commercial Service will likely consist of Authentication and

High Accuracy services
• Are there any Authentication requirements for DP?
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 BeiDou, Chinese Satellite Navigation System

• Regional Asia coverage 2013

– 4 MEO (Medium Earth Orbit)
– 5 GEO (Geostationary Orbit)
– 5 IGSO (Inclined Geostationary Orbit)

• Navigation message definition released

Dec 2012

• Full world wide Coverage 2020

• 30 MEO: 21500 km, 55 deg inclination

• 6 GEO/IGSO: 35786 km

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 GPS/GLONASS

 GPS
 32 operational satellites
 Launching GPS IIF satellites (with L5)
 GPS III with new L1C from 2015
 36 satellites planned

 GLONASS
 24 Operational satellites
 GLONASS-K next generation with CDMA
(Code Division Multiple Access)
 30 satellites planned

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 GNSS Systems and signals
Global systems
Regional systems

SV: Space Vehicle

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“Signal Structures for Satellite Based Navigation, Past, Present and Future”; John W. Betz, Inside GNSS July/August 2013
 ESA’s first Galileo Only Positioning, 12 March 2013

 Four IOV satellites used in standalone

Galileo Positioning at the 5 meter level.

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“Galileo on its own, First Position Fix”; M. Falcone et. al, Inside GNSS March/April 2013
Fugro’s first Galileo Only Positioning, 18 March 2013

 Four IOV satellites used in Precise

Point Positioning (PPP) at 10 cm
level

 Fugro generated high accuracy

Galileo orbit/clock data using
Fugro’s tracking network

Fugro tracking network, yellow means Galileo capable stations

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Advantage of additional GNSS today

Today and in the short term additional GNSS

satellites are used in a combined solution, with
improved:
GPS World Magazine
March 2010

• Availability
– Combined systems improve availability of
satellite navigation in situations where parts
of the sky are obscured (Shadowing,
Scintillations).

• Reliability, Accuracy
– Additional lines of position help to identify Lines of Position
used in RAIM
bad measurements (RAIM, Receiver
Autonomous Integrity Monitoring) and
improve satellite geometry.
(Also improved spoofing detection) Outlier

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Advantage of additional GNSS in the future

In the future when additional GNSS become available, they can be

combined into two independent setups both with high reliability/availability:
– Each setup has enough satellites to provide reliable position with high availability
– Errors in one GNSS does not affect both setups
– Errors in corrections for one GNSS does not affect both setups
– Will provide increasingly better performance as Galileo (and BeiDou) become fully
operational

Possible configuration:

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 Galileo, GPS and GLONASS, 30 Aug 2013, Oslo

30 Aug 2013,
14:30 UTC

Gal+GPS+GLO satellites 30 Aug 2013

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http://www.trimble.com/gnssplanningonline/#/Settings
 Galileo and GLONASS, 30 Aug 2013, Oslo

30 Aug 2013,
14:30 UTC

Gal+GPS+GLO satellites 30 Aug 2013

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 Galileo, GPS and GLONASS, 30 Aug 2013, Oslo
Galileo/GPS/GLONASS

1m

East error
-1 m
1m
North error
-1 m
1m
Height error

-1 m
30
Satellites used

HDOP
0
14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00

Time UTC, 30 August 2013

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 Galileo and GLONASS, and Galileo only, Oslo
Galileo/GLONASS Galileo only Galileo/GLONASS

1m

East error
-1 m
1m
North error
-1 m
1m
Height error

-1 m
30
Satellites used

HDOP
0
14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00

Time UTC, 30 August 2013

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 Interchangeable solution: 2 GPS + 2 Galileo

From : “Interchangeable Integration of GPS and Galileo by Using a Common System Clock in PPP” Melgaard et. al., ION-GNSS 2013, Nashville

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 Summary

 Europe’s Galileo GNSS System has 4 satellites in orbit

– First Galileo meter level standalone positioning in March 2013
– Galileo satellites to be set healthy 2014

 Fugro G2 GPS/GLONASS orbit/clock decimeter level system being

extended to other GNSS’s
– First Fugro Galileo only Decimeter level positioning March 2013
(only used for testing so far)

 Additional GNSS satellites provides opportunity for improved performance

– Independent services
• E.g. GPS+BeiDou and GLONASS+Galileo
– Improved availability, reliability and accuracy in combined systems

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 Thank You

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