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IS-GPS-800A - US Coast Guard Navigation Center

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3.5.3.6 Ephemeris Parameter CharacteristicsFor each ephemeris parameter contained in subframe 2, the bit lengths, scale factors, ranges, and units are given inTable 3.5-1. See Figure 3.5-1 for complete bit allocation in subframe 2.3.5.3.6.1 User Algorithm for Determination of SV PositionThe user shall compute the ECEF coordinates of position for the SV’s antenna phase center (APC) utilizing avariation of the equations shown in Table 3.5-2. The ephemeris parameters are Keplerian in appearance; however,the values of these parameters are produced by the SV via a least squares curve fit of the predicted ephemeris of theSV APC (time-position quadruples: t, x, y, z expressed in ECEF coordinates). Particulars concerning the applicablecoordinate system are given in Sections 20.3.3.4.3.3 and 20.3.3.4.3.4 of <strong>IS</strong>-<strong>GPS</strong>-200.The sensitivity of the SV’s position to small perturbations in most ephemeris parameters is extreme. The sensitivity ofposition to the parameters A, C rc-n , and C rs-n is about one meter/meter. The sensitivity of position to the angularparameters is on the order of 10 8 meters/semi-circle, and to the angular rate parameters is on the order of 10 12meters/semi-circle/second. Because of this extreme sensitivity to angular perturbations, the value of used in the curvefit is given here. is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Here is taken as3.1415926535898.44 <strong>IS</strong>-<strong>GPS</strong>-<strong>800A</strong>8 June 2010

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