[IGSMAIL-7843] igs14_2076.atx: Update including reactivated BLOCK IIA satellite SVN74/PRN04 and 5 new BeiDou satellites
arturo.villiger at aiub.unibe.ch
arturo.villiger at aiub.unibe.ch
Wed Oct 23 13:02:13 PDT 2019
Dear IGS colleagues,
The absolute IGS antenna correction file (igs14_wwww.atx) has been updated.
The new release is called 'igs14_2076.atx'. It contains the following changes:
1) According CODE Block IIA satellite SVN36 has stopped transmitting L-band utilizing PRN04
on approximately 8. October 2019. Following decommission date has been added:
G04 (G036): 8. October 2019
2) According to NANU 2019159 (https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?Do=gpsShowNanu&num=2019159) , Block IIIA satellite SVN74 will resume transmitting L-band utilizing PRN04. CODE observed that the satellite became active on approximately 21 October 2019. Following satellite entry has been added
G18 (G074): 21. October 2019
3) According to the MGEX metadata information file (http://mgex.igs.org/igs_metadata_2076.snx) GLONASS-M satellites R716 resumed transmitting L-band utilizing PRN27.
Following satellite entry date has been added:
R27 (R716): 3. August 2019
3) Five new BeiDou satellites have been launched this year and are added according to the IGS MGEX metadata (see http://mgex.igs.org/igs_metadata_2076.snx).
C18 (C020, 2019-023A, BEIDOU-2G) starting from 5. May 2019
C38 (C220, 2019-023A, BEIDOU-3I) starting from 20. April 2019
C39 (C221, 2019-035A, BEIDOU-3I) starting from 24. June 2019
C45 (C222, 2019-061A, BEIDOU-3I) starting from 7. October 2019
C46 (C223, 2019-061B, BEIDOU-3I) starting from 7. October 2019
4) According to the MGEX metadata information BEIDOU-3SI-CAST C104 satellite has resumed transmitting L-band utilizing C56 (see http://mgex.igs.org/igs_metadata_2076.snx).
Following satellite entry has been added
C56 (C104): 2019 04 25 00 00 00
4) According to DLR BEIDOU-3SI-CAST C104 has stopped transmitting (C18) on 24. April 2019 at 02:00 (see http://mgex.igs.org/igs_metadata_2076.snx).
Following decommission date has been added:
C18 (C104): 2019 04 24 02 00 00
Many thanks to Peter Steigenberger for the information about the BeiDou satellites!
The updated antenna correction model is available at
ftp://ftp.igs.org/pub/station/general/igs14_2076.atx
or
ftp://ftp.igs.org/pub/station/general/igs14.atx
With best regards,
Arturo
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