This paper describes the requirements, approach, and problems associated with autonomous satellite orbit determination from an airborne platform. Ranging on a satellite and the processing of range/range-rate data along with INS inputs to produce a set of orbital parameters to be transmitted to user terminals are discussed. Several algorithms that could be utilized by the user terminal to recover the satellite position/velocity data from the transmitted message are presented. The ability to compress the ephemeris message to a small size while remaining autonomous for a long period of time, as would be needed in future military communication satellites, is discussed.
Satellite orbit determination from an airborne platform
Bestimmung der Satellitenumlaufbahn vom Flugzeug aus
Proc. of the IEEE 1984 Nat. Aerospace and Electronics Conf. ; 2 ; 1099-1102
1984
4 Seiten, 1 Bild, 2 Tabellen, 4 Quellen
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