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.


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    Title :

    Satellite orbit determination from an airborne platform


    Additional title:

    Bestimmung der Satellitenumlaufbahn vom Flugzeug aus


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 1 Bild, 2 Tabellen, 4 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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