GPS Block IIA and IIR Received Signal Power Measurements

Clyde Edgar, Julie Price, Dan Iteigh

Abstract:	There has been a considerable amount of interest in the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) community with regard to current satellite vehicle Block II/IIA and future sustainment Block IIR and Block IIF received signal power. This paper will describe the measurement techniques used by the NAVSTAR Program Office to determine satellite received signal power for the current and future GPS constellation along with typical received signal power measurements. In addition, a discussion of the methodology and factory test data used to predict the expected on-orbit performance will be presented along with on-orbit received signal power data recently collected for GPS Block IIR-2, PRN13.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 1998 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 21 - 23, 1998 Westin Long Beach Hotel Long Beach, CA
Pages:	401 - 411
Cite this article:	Edgar, Clyde, Price, Julie, Iteigh, Dan, "GPS Block IIA and IIR Received Signal Power Measurements," Proceedings of the 1998 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Long Beach, CA, January 1998, pp. 401-411.
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