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In addition to effectively improving the INS error, for the INS + LEO dual-satellite switching algorithm without altimeter assistance, our algorithm can also significantly suppress the problem of excessive navigation and positioning error caused by this algorithm in a long switching time, it does not require frequent switching of LEO satellites, and can ensure navigation and positioning functions without affecting LEO satellite communication services. In addition, the vertical dilution of precision (VDOP) value can be improved through the clock error elimination scheme, so, the vertical accuracy can be improved to a certain extent. For different altimeter deviations, we provide simulation experiments under different altimeter deviations; it can be found that after deducting the fixed height deviation, the algorithm can also achieve good accuracy. 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