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Figures of merit
The tier is each figure's validation status, read from the engine's own figure_tiers block: validated means checked against an independent external oracle; modelled means first-principles physics with tests, not yet oracle-checked.
Every published figure
Read from the result document with the unit, note and provenance the engine records for each one.
Filter health Kalman self-consistency
A consistent filter's reported uncertainty matches its actual errors. NIS (normalised innovation squared) should sit near 1 and NEES (normalised estimation error squared) near 2, each inside its 95% χ² band.
Time series
Each series this run publishes, against time. Hover or drag across the chart to read the values.
C/N0 by satellite carrier-to-noise density, dB-Hz
Each cell is one satellite at one epoch from this run. Hatched cells are below the receiver's tracking threshold: that satellite is lost.
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Interference outcome
Holdover error since GNSS was lost
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MTIE maximum time interval error
TDEV time deviation
Mask checks and holdover budgets
Each check's limit is plotted as a ring at the averaging time where the margin was worst. Masks are transcribed from the ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector) Recommendations named in each row.
Clock stability overlapping Allan deviation σy(τ)
Lower is better. Fractional-frequency stability against averaging time τ, on log axes.
Orbit Earth-centred inertial frame
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Ground track
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Key figures, run against run
The headline readouts of each pinned run; the change is against run A.