GPS gyro calibration methods and systems are described. In an embodiment,
a ground station can receive antenna position data for a spot beam
antenna from a global positioning system (GPS) platform where the antenna
position data indicates a boresight direction of the spot beam antenna.
GPS-enabled receiver(s) can receive scan signals transmitted via the spot
beam antenna of the GPS platform, and the GPS-enabled receivers can
determine signal power measurements for each of the scan signals. The
ground station can receive the signal power measurements from the
GPS-enabled receiver(s) and estimate a pointing error of the spot beam
antenna based on the signal power measurements and the antenna position
data received from the GPS platform. The ground station can then
determine gyro calibration parameters from the estimated pointing error
and communicate the gyro calibration parameters to the GPS platform to
calibrate for gyro drift errors.