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In the existing research, although the clock-free or geometry-free ISL observables are derived from the raw two one-way pseudoranges, only the clock-free observables are adopted for the ISL joint POD (Joint 1 POD) without considering the geometric-free observables. An improved joint (Joint 2 POD) strategy making full use of the clock-free and geometry-free observables is applied in this contribution. The orbits of ground-only POD, ISL-only POD, Joint 1 POD, and Joint 2 POD are comprehensively compared by the orbit overlapping differences, the Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) residuals, and the characteristics of the satellite clock offsets estimated simultaneously. The comparisons prove that the performance of the Joint 2 POD strategy is better than that of the other three POD strategies regardless of the types of satellites. Moreover, this paper discusses ISL\u2019s contribution to the station selection strategy in terms of the number and distribution. The experimental results show that, when there are more than 20 stations, each additional 10 stations contributes to a maximum of 7.5%, 3.9%, and 2.8% improvement on MEO, IGSO, and GEO satellites 3D accuracy, respectively. When the number of stations reaches 50, the precise orbits achieve similar accuracy to the results using 80 stations. 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