Research Article

Experiences Gained during the Development of a Passive BSAR with GNSS Transmitters of Opportunity

Table 1

The main parameters of different GNSS signals.

GNSS GLONASSGPSGalileo

Channels (code) L1(P)L2 (P)L1(P/M)L2 (P/M)L5E5a/bE5 (E5a+E5b)
Central frequency (MHz) 1602–16151246–12571575.41227.611761191.791191.795
Minimum power (dBW) −161−167−158 (global beam) −154.9−157−154
−138 (spot beam)
Chip rate (Mcps) 5.115.1110.23/5.1110.23/5.1110.2310.2310.23
Aggregated bandwidth (MHz) 20–3020–3020–50
Range resolution (m) 30305–85–815153–8