Title :
Comparisons between GalileoSat and Global Navigation Flower Constellations
Author :
Park, Keun Joo ; Mortari, Daniele ; Ruggieri, Marina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
Abstract :
Flower constellation design scheme was applied to design new global navigation system constellations called GNFCs. To investigate the possibility of reduced number of satellites in a GNFC, both genetic algorithms and flower constellation schemes are applied to find optimality. The proposed optimal GNFCs are then compared with GalileoSat constellation. New approach shows the better navigation performance than that of GalileoSat constellation
Keywords :
genetic algorithms; satellite navigation; GalileoSat constellations; Global Navigation Flower Constellations; genetic algorithms; Algorithm design and analysis; Design methodology; Earth; Genetic algorithms; Global Positioning System; Information geometry; Neodymium; Position measurement; Satellite navigation systems; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8870-4
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2005.1559442
