Methods and systems are provided for channel tracking utilizing multi-pass demodulation in which, during the second pass, decoded symbols are treated as known symbols which are used to calculate the error term used in updating the propagation characterization during the second pass. This allows a higher bandwidth to be used for updating the propagation characterization while known symbols are being processed. In particular, the propagation characterization may be provided by a channel tracker or a multi-antenna receiver, such as an interference rejection/combining (IRC) system, with an impairment correlation matrix estimator or a combination of both. Accordingly, the spatial diversity characteristics of the received signal (from IRC) and the temporal (or timing) characteristics (from the channel tracker) may both be tracked at different bandwidths for decoded and undecoded symbols to allow improved performance under fast changing channel conditions while maintaining desired performance characteristics while processing undecoded symbols.