Problem
The satellite subpoint coordinates and pseudo-ranges for the four GPS satellites
whose signals are received by a positioning radio are shown in Table 1.
All pseudo-ranges are given relative to the first satellite position.
|
Sat 1 |
Sat 2 |
Sat 3 |
Sat 4 |
Longitude |
-62.3256 |
-85.2234 |
-90.9760 |
-95.0234 |
Latitude |
43.2345 |
35.5521 |
29.0510 |
40.7777 |
PR/c (s) |
0.000000000 |
-0.00158701 |
-0.00137326 |
-0.001090228 |
Table 1: Satellite Coordinates and Time
Other parameters given are:
-Mean earth radius: 6,380.00 Km
-GPS satellite altitude: 20,200.00 Km
-Speed of light (c ): 299,860.00 Km/s
Based on this data, the problem is to calculate the longitude, latitude, and altitude for the GPS receiver.
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