Assoc.Prof.Dr. Orhan KURT's Web Pages
HRT434 Space Geodesy (3-0-0)
Lecture Notes (in Turkish)
O.Kurt (2010), Space Geodesy, Lecture Notes
O.Kutr (2010), Uzay Jeodezisi, Ders Notları
Formula Pages for Space Geodesy
Formula Pages for Fundamental Coordinate Systems
2023-2024 Class Notes (in Turkish)
Homework (in Turkish)
Past Class Notes
Past Homework (in Turkish)
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2022-2023 Final Project Exam
1) Data
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1) Data
2) YUMA Almanacs from CelesTrak
Further Readings
* SPACE GEODESY
* COORDINATE SYSTEMS USED IN SPACE GEODESY
* ORBIT DETERMINATION
- Estimation of Kinematics Equations of GNSS Satellite Orbits
- Parameter Dependency in Broadcast Ephemerides Estimation
- Orbit Determination
- Initial and Boundary Value Problems in Determination of Artificial Satellite Ephemeris
- Spectral Analysis of Keplerian Orbit Elements of GNSS Satellites
- Acquiring GPS Almanacs
- Least Square Estimation in Orbit Determination of MEO and IGSO Satellites
* ORBIT FORMATS AND COMPUTATIONS
- Almanac data and its computation
- Broadcast Ephemeris and its computation
- Precise Ephemeris and its computation
* GNSS
* VLBI
Some Resources
Some Resources for Space Geodesy and Earth Orientation Parameters
- Satellite Geodesy
- The Foundations of Celestial Mechanics by Gerge W. COLLINS
- IERS Conventions Centre, FR
- IERS, Data\Products\Tools
- CDDIS, NASA's Archive of Space Geodesy Data
- Explorations in Kerbal Space Program (Orbits, Lunch, Computation..., )
Topography and Bathymetry Data
Geoid Determination
- EGM2008 - WGS 84 Version
- GRACE, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, Texas University
- GRACE, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, NASA-JPL
- GOCE, Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation mission, ESA
VLBI Technique
- VLBI, IVS - International VLBI Service for Geodesy & Astrometry
- VLBI, IVS - VLBI Data & Products
- VLBI, IVS - Data Base
Satellite Laser Ranging Techniques
- SLR, Satellite Laser Ranging, IERS
- SLR, Satellite Laser Ranging, NASA
- SLR, Australian Goverment
- SLR, GFZ Potsdam
Lunar Laser Ranging Techniques
Satellite Altimetry for Observing Oceans
Doppler Effect Techniques for Precise Orbit Determination
Passive and Active Remote Sensing
- Satellite Radiometry
- Remote Sensing
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data
- Inferferometric SAR, USGS
- Inferferometric SAR, NASA
GNSS Techniques
- GNSS, IGS (International GNSS Service)
- GNSS, GPS (Global Positioning System), USA
- GNSS, GLONASS (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System), RU
- GNSS, GALILEO (Global Satellite System Agency), EU
- GNSS, COMPASS (BeiDou Navigation Satellite System), CN
- GNSS, QZSS (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System), JP
- GNSS, IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System), IN