Orbiting GPS Receiver Modified to Track New L2C Signal

Tom K. Meehan, David Robison, Tim N. Munson and Larry E. Young

Abstract:	The L2C signal is a great step forward for civil applications of GPS, enabling high-accuracy dual-frequency measurements. Engineers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and ITT teamed to reprogram FPGA firmware and add tracking software on an orbiting receiver to track the new GPS L2C signal from SAC-C. SAC-C is an Argentinean science satellite and was launched in November 2000 with a BlackJack GPS receiver. This is a dual-frequency digital receiver with 48 tracking channels and four antennas. On SAC-C, it provides precise orbits, atmospheric occultation data, tests of GPS surface reflections, and serves as an orbiting test bed for new GPS development such as the L2C tracking reported here.
Published in:	Proceedings of IEEE/ION PLANS 2006 April 25 - 27, 2006 Loews Coronado Resort Hotel San Diego, CA
Pages:	1071 - 1073
Cite this article:	Meehan, Tom K., Robison, David, Munson, Tim N., Young, Larry E., "Orbiting GPS Receiver Modified to Track New L2C Signal," Proceedings of IEEE/ION PLANS 2006, San Diego, CA, April 2006, pp. 1071-1073. https://doi.org/10.1109/PLANS.2006.1650711
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