Curriculum Vitae
About Me
Name | Yezhi Song (you could call me Yates Song if you are nonChinese speaker) |
song.yz@foxmail.com | |
Homepage | http://202.127.29.4/astrodynamics/ |
- Yates Song is a senior engineer in Center for Astro-geodynamics, at shanghai astronomical observatory (SHAO) , Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) with research interests in astrodynamics and statistical orbit determination, and also, in various aspects of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and related technologies.

Professional Experience
2016/11-present | Senior engineer Center for Astro-geodynamics Shanghai astronomical observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences |
2009/07-2016/11 | Research Associate Center for Astro-geodynamics Shanghai astronomical observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Education
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Doctor of Science in Astrometry and celestial mechanics (2020) Thesis : Trajectory determination for lunar probe soft landing
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS), Master of Science in Astrometry and celestial mechanics (2009) Thesis: Distributed Data Fusion in GALILEO SAR positioning
Selected Publications
- Song Yezhi, Huang Yong, Yang Jianhua. Orbit determination for FY-4 satellite using two way ranging system, Journal of Astronautics,Vol.41 No.3,March,2020 (in Chineses)
- Song Yezhi,Huang Yong, Shan Quan. Orbit Determination for Space Ojbects Using Space-based Astronomical Observations, Journal for Spacecraft TT&C Technology, Vol.38 No.36. Dec.2019. (in Chineses)
- Wu Xuerui ,Jin Shuanggen,Song Yezhi. Progress on Soil Mositure Monitoring with GNSS-R/IR Technique. Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics,Vol.39 No.12, Dec.,2019. (in Chineses)
- YANG Xuhai , KANG Deyong , HUANG Yong , HU Xiaogong . Trajectory Determination for Chang’E-3 Probe Soft Landing. SONG Yezhi , The 4th Symposium of Flight Vehicle Ocean-based Measurement and Applications, January 2017. (in Chineses)
- Song Yezhi, Huang Yong, Hu Xiaogong. Trajectory determination for lunar probe soft landing and sampling returen . Joural of astronautics, Vol.37,No.10, October ,2016. (in Chineses)
- Robust Kalman filtering based on different satellite types and it’s application in GPS/BDS precise point positioning. Journal of Chinese Inertial Technology, 10.13695/j.cnki.12-1222/o3.2016.06.000. (in Chineses)
- Song Yezhi, Huang Yong, Hu Xiaogong. Research on the Orbit Improvement of Communications Satellites for Interference Source Localization System. Journal of Astronautics. Vol.36 No.3 March 2015. (in Chineses)
- Chang Shengqi, Huang Yong, Song Yezhi. On trajectory determination strategy for soft landing of CE-3 on the moon. Journal for Spacecraft TT&C Technology ,Vol.33 No.3, May 2014. (in Chineses)
- Mao Yongxing, Ma Jingyuan, Zhang Jing, Song Yezhi. An Orbit Determination Method Using Data Before and After Satellite-Rocket Separation. Journal of Astronautics, Vol.35 No.12,December,2014. (in Chineses)
- Mao Yongxing, Mu Junshan, Song Yezhi.Technical Approaches for Improving Accuracy of Initial Orbit Determination in Injection Phase of Earth-Moon Transfer Trajectory. Telecommunication Engineering. Vol.54 ,No.6, Jun.2014. (in Chineses)
- Xueqing Xu, Xiaogong Hu, Yonghong Zhou and Yezhi Song.Research on High Accuracy Prediction Model of Satellite Clock Bias. China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2014
- SONG Ye-zhi,HUANG Yong,HU Xiao-gong.Spacecraft Orbit Determination with B Spline Approximation Method. ACTA ASTRONOMICA SINICA.Vol.54 No.4,Jul.2013. (in Chineses)
- SONG Ye-zhi, HUANG Yong, HU Xiao-gong. Spacecraft Orbit Determination with B Spline Approximation Method. Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 38 (2014) 172–185, A translation of Acta Astron. Sin. Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 370–381, 2013
- SONG Ye-zhi, HUANG Yong, HU Xiao-gong.Simulation and performance analysis of single satellite Doppler positioning system. Journal for Spacecraft TT&C Technology ,Vol.32, No.1,Feb.2013. (in Chineses)
- SONG Ye-zhi, HU Xiao-gong ,HUANG Yong. A Robust Design of LS-SVM and Analysis of Regularization Performance. Journal for Spacecraft TT&C Technology ,Vol.31, No.6,Dec.,2012. (in Chineses)
- SONG Ye-zhi, HU Xiao-gong ,HUANG Yong. A Mechod of Satellite Doppler Positioning of Argos System. Journal for Spacecraft TT&C Technology ,Vol.30,No.6,Dec.2011. (in Chineses)
- SONG Ye-zhi, XU Jin. Distributed Data Fusion in GALILEO SAR positioning . ACTA ASTRONOMICA. Vol,No.1, Jan.,2010. (in Chineses)
Textbooks
- Song Yezhi, Xu Dao, Hefeng . Scientific Computational with C#. Beijing :POSTS & TELECOM PRESS,2012.11. (in Chineses)
- Song Yezhi,Mao Yongxing . Scientific Computation and engineering in F90/95. Beijing :Tsinghua University Press,2011.2. (in Chineses)
- Song Yezhi. Numerical analysis and application with MATLAB . Beijing :China Machine Press,2013.7. (in Chineses)
Presentations
- Song Yezhi. A brief introduction of astrodynamics and orbit determination. Cairo,The Arab Republic of Egypt,2019-9.
- Song Yezhi . statistical orbit determination for Chinese new generation of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites . 2018 Chinese flight dynamics meeting . Guangzhou,Sun Yat-sen University,2018.11
- Song Yezhi. Orbit Determination for FY-4 Satellites Using Two-Way Ranging System. AOGS, Hawaii, USA. Jun.,2018.
- Song Yezhi. Trajectory Determination for Chang 'e-3 Probe Soft-landing, American Geophysical Union . New Orleans ,Dec.,2017.
- Song Yezhi. Orbit determination of communication satellite for interference source localization system,2015 meeting of Chinese astronomical society ,Peking university ,Oct. 2015
Research project supervision
- Yang Jianhua(PhD.):satellite orbit determination for BDS3 system.
- Wang Lei (M.Sc.):Orbit determination of space targets by space-based optical surveillance.
- Shao Rui(M.Sc.):Research on Tracking and Orbit Determination by Optical Observation from Yuan-Wang .
Teaching
- Academic Year 2019,2020,2021 Fall . Astrodynamics and precision orbit determination
Research Interests and IT Skills
- Programming languages: Fortran, MATLAB ,Python, C/C++, PHP, Javascript,golang ,Delphi(pascal), C#, java. familiar with boostrap,jquery etc.frames
- Research Intetrest: astrodynamics, orbit determination,geodesy, differential equations, mathematical modelling, prediction algorithms, precise point positioning with GPS, space vehicle force modeling, time series analysis, statistical analysis.