This paper evaluates several navigation approaches for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, which consists of a tetrahedral formation of satellites flying in highly eccentric Earth orbits. For this investigation, inter-satellite separations of approximately 10 kilometers near apogee are used for the first two phases of the MMS mission. Navigation approaches were studied using ground station two-way Doppler measurements, Global Positioning System (GPS) pseudorange measurements, and cross-link range measurements between the members of the formation. An absolute position accuracy of 15 kilometers or better can be achieved with most of the approaches studied, and a relative position accuracy of 100 meters or better can be achieved at apogee in several cases.


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    Title :

    Relative Navigation Strategies for the Magnetopheric Multiscale Mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ; 2004 ; Munich, Germany


    Publication date :

    2004-07-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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