Title :
Navigation architecture of IXV for direct and skip atmospheric re-entries
Author :
Belin, Sébastien ; Breazu, Alexandru
Author_Institution :
Mission Anal. & Navig. Syst. Dept., Astrium Space Transp., Les Mureaux, France
Abstract :
This paper describes the navigation system of IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle), an atmospheric reentry demonstrator, which is based on an Inertial Measurement Unit updated by GPS and by DDA (Drag Derived Altimeter) during the electromagnetic blackout. Two types of mission are considered successively: direct and skip reentry.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; altimeters; inertial navigation; space vehicles; GPS; atmospheric reentry demonstrator; direct atmospheric re-entry; drag derived altimeter; electromagnetic blackout; inertial measurement unit; intermediate experimental vehicle; navigation architecture; navigation system; skip atmospheric re-entry; Accuracy; Aerodynamics; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Global Positioning System; Vehicles; Atmospheric Reentry; DDA; GPS; Navigation architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite Navigation Technologies and European Workshop on GNSS Signals and Signal Processing (NAVITEC), 2010 5th ESA Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8740-0
DOI :
10.1109/NAVITEC.2010.5708077
