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Doris on Saral

The Doris instrument onboard Saral will provide real-time location and precise orbit determination. Doris measurements are also used for geophysical studies, in particular through the International Doris Service (IDS). Doris is a dual-frequency instrument able to determine atmospheric electron content.

The main changes from the previous Doris instruments are:

  • the instrument will be fully redunded,
  • software can be fully reloaded without any mission interruption,
  • platform attitude is provided in real time to Doris and used by Diode (on-board Doris navigator); also downloaded by Doris in the science telemetry flow,
  • a dosimeter is included in the electronic box, to measure the total radiation dose received by Doris,
  • the altimeter will received information from Doris onboard for real-time tracking

Function

Real-time location: Diode

The Diode onboard navigator locates the satellite on orbit in real time. This information is essential for providing altimetry data in real time or near-real time.

Precise orbit determination

Doris measurements are used for precise orbit determination (POD).

Ionospheric electron content

By measuring and comparing the path delay of signals transmitted at two separate frequencies, Doris is able to calculate the electron content in the atmosphere. This information is then used to determine perturbations on the altimeter's radar signal.

New on Saral

Doris Diode real-time location is coupled with AltiKa altimeter, thus enabling better altimeter data acquisition in areas like coastal zones, inland waters and ice. The Doris instrument onboard Saral has several improvements with respect to Jason-1. Among them, it has the capability of receiving and processing onboard as many as seven beacons at the same time (vs. two for Jason-1). This leads to a much higher number of data processed, and should lead to an even better orbit determination.

Principle

Doris orbitography beacons transmit signals at two separate frequencies (2036.25 MHz and 401.25 MHz) to the satellite. The receiver onboard the satellite analyzes the received signal frequencies to calculate its velocity relative to Earth. This velocity is fed into orbit determination models to derive the satellite's position on orbit to within two centimeters on the radial component.

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