International Journal of Navigation and Observation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 592073, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/592073
Research Article

Comparing Multicarrier Ambiguity Resolution Methods for Geometry-Based GPS and Galileo Relative Positioning and Their Application to Low Earth Orbiting Satellite Attitude Determination

Kyle O'Keefe,1 Mark Petovello,1 Wei Cao,1 Gérard Lachapelle,1 and Eric Guyader2

1Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
2European GNSS Supervisory Authority, rue de la Loi, 1049 Brussels, Belgium

Received 25 September 2008; Revised 9 January 2009; Accepted 8 March 2009

Academic Editor: Daniele Mortari

Copyright © 2009 Kyle O'Keefe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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