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6.1 Technical Data
6.1.1 Tracking Characteristics
Zenith16 Zenith40
Dual-frequency, 181 channels Multi-frequency, 555 channels
Signals tracked
Satellite system Zenith16 Zenith40
GPS L1 C/A, L2P, L2C L1 C/A, L2P, L2C, L5
GLONASS L1 C/A, L2P, L2C L1 C/A, L2P, L2C, L3*
BeiDou optional; B1, B2 optional; B1, B2, B3*
Galileo optional; E1, E5b optional; E1, E5a, E5b, Alt-
BOC, E6*
SBAS EGNOS, WAAS, MSAS, GAGAN EGNOS, WAAS, MSAS, GAGAN
QZSS optional; L1, L2 optional; L1, L2, L5, LEX*
* Believed to comply, but subject to availability of BeiDou ICD and Galileo commercial service
definition. GLONASS L3, BeiDou B3, QZSS LEX and Galileo E6 are foreseen to be provided
through future firmware upgrade.
Initialisation: Initialisation time <5 s
Initialisation reliability >99.99%
6.1.2 Accuracy
The baseline precision of a differential code solution for static and kinematic surveys is 25 cm.
Zenith16
Type Horizontal Vertical
Static and rapid static 5 mm + 0.5 ppm 10 mm + 0.5 ppm
Real-time-kinematic (RTK)
single baseline
10 mm + 1 ppm 20 mm + 1 ppm
Real-time-kinematic (RTK),
Network RTK
10 mm + 0.5 ppm 20 mm + 0.5 ppm
Static with long observations 3 mm + 0.1 ppm 3.5 mm + 0.4 ppm
Zenith40
Type Horizontal Vertical
Static and rapid static 3 mm + 0.5 ppm 5 mm + 0.5 ppm
Real-time-kinematic (RTK)
single baseline
8 mm + 1 ppm 15 mm + 1 ppm
Real-time-kinematic (RTK),
Network RTK
8 mm + 0.5 ppm 15 mm + 0.5 ppm
Static with long observations 3 mm + 0.1 ppm 3.5 mm + 0.4 ppm
Tracking
Differential code
Differential phase in post-
processing
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