A real-time kinematic GPS sensor for spacecraft relative navigation

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 435-449

  Montenbruck, Oliver ^a   Ebinuma, Takuji ^b   Lightsey, E Glenn ^b   Leung, Sunny ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation flying; GPS; Orion; Relative navigation; Rendezvous docking

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DOCKING; DOPPLER EFFECT; KINEMATICS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; SENSORS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATE ESTIMATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TRACKING (POSITION); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROSATELLITES; SPACECRAFT SENSORS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038552884     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(02)01185-9     Document Type: Article

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