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                                                                                    <journal-title>Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2636-8129</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Sakarya University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35377/saucis...1215689</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Software Engineering (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Yazılım Mühendisliği (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Conjoint Analysis of GPS Based Orbit Determination among Traditional Methods</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4593-917X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Öz</surname>
                                    <given-names>İbrahim</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1195-2344</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özarpa</surname>
                                    <given-names>Cevat</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Karabük Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20231231">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>189</fpage>
                                        <lpage>197</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20221209">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20230930">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>30</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2018, Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Satellite orbits are subject to change due to external forces. Various data gathering and processing methods exist to determine a perturbed orbit. The operators need to estimate satellite orbits for safe orbital operations. Single station azimuth elevation and range, and range-to-range methods are two flight-proven commonly utilized methods among satellite operators. GPS signals in orbit determination of GEO communication satellite have become more popular recently. Much work validates GPS-based GEO orbit determination in different aspects. The validation of  GPS-based orbit determination with flight-proven methods encourage the operator about fast switching utilization of the GPS method. This research evaluates performance of the GPS-based method by comparing it with flight-proven methods. The orbits of three communication satellites at different orbital slots were calculated using GPS-based, RNG-based, and AZEL-based methods. GPS-based determined orbit and RNG-based determined orbit RMSE of 3D differences are 75.887 m, 372.420m, and 768,223 m for Sat A, Sat B, and Sat C, respectively. Similarly, AZEL-based determşden orbit and GPS-based determined orbit RMSE of 3D position differences are 133.287 m, 242.076 m, and 764.866 m for Sat A, Sat B, and Sat C, respectively. The current study confirmed the finding&#039;s apparent support for GPS-based orbit determination. Flight-proven RNG and AZEL methods results in which satellite operators&#039; well recognized, demonstrated evidence of the GPS-based orbit determination method. The results are in line with flight-proven AZEL and RNG method&#039;s orbit parameters. Finally, the result of our comparison of AZEL vs. GPS and RNG vs. GPS methods encourages the operators to utilize GPS-based navigation to determine communication satellite orbit precisely.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>orbit determination</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  GPS based orbit</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  navigation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  GEO orbit</kwd>
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