Vasile, M., Torre, F., Serra, R. and Grey, S. (2017) Autonomous Orbit Determination and Navigation for Formations of CubeSats Beyond LEO. 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Boulder, CO, USA, 19-21 Jun 2017.
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Abstract
This paper investigates the use of the Time Of Arrival (TOA) and Doppler shift to allow a small formation of CubeSats to navigate beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). The idea is to use a one way communication, from one or more ground station to two or more CubeSats, to reconstruct an estimation of the position and velocity of the formation with respect to Earth. The paper considers the use of the difference in TOA and Doppler measurements to mitigate the error introduced by the onboard clock. These measurements are combined with inter-satellite distance and velocity measurements based on a two-way communication between pairs of spacecraft. The paper will provide an estimation of the error in position and velocity that can be obtained by a combination of these measurements. The reference case for these analyses will be a mission to the Moon.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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| Keywords: | Autonomous navigation, formation flying, CubeSats, time of arrival (TOA), doppler shift, low Earth orbit, LEO, Moon, space missions, astronautics. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Grey, Dr Stuart |
| Authors: | Vasile, M., Torre, F., Serra, R., and Grey, S. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering |
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