The next generation of low cost Global Positioning Service (GPS) receivers for space navigation and attitude determination are positioned to take full advantage of the improvements made in the commercial GPS receivers used for terrestrial applications. There have been recent improvements made to the GPS receivers that include the addition of extra GPS Satellite channels that can be tracked simultaneously. The older style GPS receivers were only able to handle five channels at a time. In order, for proper determination of three-dimensional position, a minimum of four channels was required and the fifth channel of the receiver was reserved to perform search functions for finding the next satellite. This included searching for satellites that could be used to replace exiting satellites moving out of the FOV. The search function also enables the GPS receiver to search for the best constellation for maximum performance accuracy. The fifth roaming channel also provided a best next-satellite selection capability in case the field of view to one of the satellite was blocked or shaded.
Next generation GPS aided space navigation systems
20th DASC. 20th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (Cat. No.01CH37219) ; 2 ; 8D3/1-8D3/5 vol.2
2001-01-01
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Next generation GPS-aided space navigation systems
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