A method for estimating a direction of a satellite in the transfer phase. The direction of the satellite is estimated relative to a measurement antenna by executing steps for measuring the reception power, by the measurement antenna, of a target signal emitted by the satellite, for different pointing directions of the measurement antenna. The target signal has a substantially sinusoidal component referred to as a single-frequency component. Each power measurement step includes a transposition in the frequency domain of a digital signal, obtained from a signal supplied by the measurement antenna, to obtain a frequency spectrum of the digital signal over a predetermined frequency band having the single-frequency component. The power measurement for the pointing direction being considered is determined based on a maximum value of the frequency spectrum.
PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME D'ESTIMATION DE LA DIRECTION D'UN SATELLITE EN PHASE DE TRANSFERT D'UNE ORBITE INITIALE VERS UNE ORBITE DE MISSION
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE DIRECTION OF A SATELLITE IN THE TRANSFER PHASE FROM AN INITIAL ORBIT TO A MISSION ORBIT
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR SCHÄTZUNG DER RICHTUNG EINES SATELLITEN IN DER TRANSFERPHASE VON EINER ERSTEN UMLAUFBAHN ZU EINER MISSIONSUMLAUFBAHN
2021-07-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
French
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