<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Author: Tim Springer</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear IGS Colleagues,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Today, starting with our Ultra-Rapid
solutions of 12 o'clock (day 217 of 2010), we are switching all our IGS
GNSS analysis to use the latest release of our NAPEOS software, version
3.5. At the same time we also switch the processing platform from our older
Sun machines to more up to date PCs running the Linux OS. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Although the latest NAPEOS version does
offer several enhanced processing features these are not yet used in our
IGS analysis. So the more important change right now is the hardware change
which improves the speed of our processing with a factor of 4. This has
allowed us to enhance our Ultra-Rapid analysis in the following ways:</font>
<ol>
<li value=1><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Increase the number of stations
from 85 to 110 making the number the same as used in our FINAL analysis</font>
<li value=2><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Use the pseudo-range observations
of the GLONASS satellites, something we did not do until now to save on
CPU time.</font>
<li value=3><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Wait a bit longer for the last
hourly RINEX files, meaning we now start 30 minutes after the last hour
instead of 20 minutes.</font></ol>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Despite these changes our Ultra-Rapid
solutions are finished much earlier then they used to be and are available
~1 hour before the IGS submission deadline. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We would like to remind you that all
our IGS products are true GNSS products, i.e., based on a fully combined
analysis of the GPS and GLONASS observations.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">These changes have been carefully tested
but if you notice anything strange please let us know ASAP.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Many greetings,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tim Springer</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ESOC IGS Analysis Team</font>
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Tim Springer<br>
Navigation Support Office, OPS-GN (nng.esoc.esa.de)<br>
European Space Operations Centre<br>
Robert Bosch Strasse 5<br>
64293 Darmstadt<br>
Germany<br>
Tel: +49-6151-90-2029 Fax: +49-6151-90-3129</font>