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Table 3 Formal errors of initial 3D orbit position and average number of observations per day, all cases are without ISL observations

From: Precise orbit determination for a large LEO constellation with inter-satellite links and the measurements from different ground networks: a simulation study

Station network

Formal errors of initial 3D orbit position (cm)

Average number of observations per day

Europe

1.71

30,536

China

1.86

21,029

Brazil

2.16

16,974

High lat

1.72

44,507

Mid lat

0.63

24,725

Low lat

0.64

15,519

Lon

0.46

27,637

Global

0.32

21,556