Curriculum Vitae

About Me

Name	Yezhi Song (you could call me Yates Song if you are nonChinese speaker)
Email	song.yz@foxmail.com
Homepage	http://202.127.29.4/astrodynamics/

Prof. Song Yates of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) specializes in astrodynamics, precise satellite orbit determination, and navigation systems. He welcomes inquiries from prospective Master's/PhD students interested in satellite navigation, geodesy or celestial mechanics, and is currently accepting applications for postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars.

Professional Experience

2025/05-present	Professor - Shanghai astronomical observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016/11-2025/05	Senior engineer- Shanghai astronomical observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009/07-2016/11	Research Associate- 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.