A Submillimeter-Level Relative Navigation Technology for Spacecraft Formation Flying in Highly Elliptical Orbit [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Spacecraft formation flying (SFF) in highly elliptical orbit (HEO) has attracted a great deal of attention in many space exploration applications, while precise guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) technology—especially precise ranging—are the basis ...
Xiaoliang Wang +7 more
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Multi-Satellite Relative Navigation Scheme for Microsatellites Using Inter-Satellite Radio Frequency Measurements [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 The inter-satellite relative navigation method—based on radio frequency (RF) range and angle measurements—offers good autonomy and high precision, and has been successfully applied to two-satellite formation missions.
Shiming Mo +5 more
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Cooperative Navigation of UAV Formation Based on Relative Velocity and Position Assistance
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 2022 Because the navigation errors of inertial navigation system accumulate with time, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formation that only relies on inertial navigation system for positioning cannot obtain precision navigation information in long time ...
GUO Pengjun, ZHANG Rui, GAO Guangen, XU Bin
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Methods of mutual high-precision navigation based the use of relative modes of anglemeasuring receivers of global navigation satellite systems signals [PDF]
Космические аппараты и технологии, 2022 The article presents the results of experimental studies of mutual high-precision navigation methods for unmanned and specialized transport systems. The proposed methods are based on the application of the relative operating modes of two or more angle ...
D. D. Dmitriev +4 more
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A Real-Time Simulator for Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments of UAV Swarms
Applied Sciences, 2023 Accurate localization is the foundation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm applications in the global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environment.
He Zhang +5 more
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Autonomous Real-time Relative Navigation for Formation Flying Satellites [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2009 Relative navigation system is presented using GPS measurements from a single-channel global positioning system (GPS) simulator. The objective of this study is to provide the real-time inter-satellite relative positions as well as absolute positions for ...
Sunhwa Shim +2 more
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Sensors, 2021 In this study, submillimeter level accuracy K-band microwave ranging (MWR) equipment is demonstrated, aiming to verify the detection of the Earth’s gravity field (EGF) and digital elevation models (DEM), through spacecraft formation flying (SFF) in low ...
Xiaoliang Wang +5 more
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Aerospace, 2022 An adaptive weighted strong tracking unscented Kalman filter is proposed in this paper for long-range relative navigation alongside non-cooperative maneuvering targets. First, an equation for obtaining the relative motion of two bodies is derived, it can
Pu Huang +3 more
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Improved GPS-based Satellite Relative Navigation Using Femtosecond Laser Relative Distance Measurements [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2016 This study developed an approach for improving Carrier-phase Differential Global Positioning System (CDGPS) based realtime satellite relative navigation by applying laser baseline measurement data.
Hyungjik Oh +4 more
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Autonomous Integrity Monitoring for Relative Navigation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Remote Sensing, 2021 Accurate and reliable relative navigation is the prerequisite to guarantee the effectiveness and safety of various multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) cooperation tasks, when absolute position information is unavailable or inaccurate.
Yuan Sun
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