Title :
Navigation issues in different baseline formation flying missions
Author :
Sabatini, Marco ; Palmerini, Giovanni B.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Aerospaziale e Astronautica, Univ. di Roma La Sapienza, Rome
Abstract :
A basic requirement for a satellite´s formation is the precise knowledge of the spacecraft´s relative configuration. The design of the navigation subsystem is significantly affected by this peculiar issue: in fact, the accuracy required for the fulfillment of the formation tasks is much greater than the one usually required for a single satellite.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; Kalman filters; motion control; nonlinear filters; position control; space vehicles; Global Positioning System; baseline formation flying missions; extended Kalman filters; navigation issues; satellite; spacecraft; Clocks; Coordinate measuring machines; Extraterrestrial measurements; Filters; Global Positioning System; Low earth orbit satellites; Performance analysis; Satellite navigation systems; Space vehicles; State estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2621-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2622-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2009.4839335
