544-0115/05 – Space Geodesy (CG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
TThe course is focused on the principles of space geodesy and its applications in the creation of global coordinate systems, models of the Earth's gravitational field, creation of the global geoid model and geodynamic and seismic applications.
Teaching methods
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Summary
The subject scope are celestial and terrestrial coordinate systems used in cosmic geodesy and transformation between them. Temporal systems in astronomy. Basics of undisturbed and disturbed satellite movement. Methods and equipment
for astronomical determining of location. Methods of cosmic geodesy.
Compulsory 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.
Recommended 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
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Průběžná kontrola úkolů ve cvičeních. Písemná a ústní zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
Processing of project tasks assigned to the exercises of Space Geodesy subject.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to space geodesy
2. Kepler movement - repetition.
3. Lagrange's planetary equations - outline of derivation.
4. Movement of artificial satellites in the gravitational field of the Earth. Gaussian planetary equations.
5. Non-gravitational disturbances of artificial satellite orbit.
6. Methods of observation of space geodesy
7. Geodetic, geodynamic and altimetric satellites, geodetic satellite missions.
8. Solving inverse problems of satellite geodesy.
9. Selected applications of space geodesy.
10. Models of Earth's gravitational field.
11. International IERS Service.
12. Determination of oscullating elements from two measured positions.
13. Determination of oscullating elements from state vector.
Excercises:
1. Keplerian motion - calculation of satellite position in Keplerian ellipse.
2. Determination of the flattening of the Earth from the analysis of satellite orbit elements.
3. Determination of altimetric geoid.
4. Tectonics from space methods - movement of tectonic plates.
5. Calculation of GNSS satellites position from onboard and precision elements.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction