Analysis of Deep Space Navigation Feasibility Based on Inter-Satellite Link Antenna of Satellite Navigation System

Abstract:

There is no effectual navigation method to deep space aerocraft until now. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a candidate. Its feasibility was analyzed according to the deep space geometry coverage characteristics. The antenna elevation was optimally designed to maximum the signal coverage performance in deep space. Simulation Results show that the best antenna elevation is 50-90 degrees. At the height of geosynchronous orbit, the average PDOP is 8.63, and at the height of lunar orbit, the positioning accuracy can only be achieved by km level.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 411-414)
• Pages: 917-921
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.411-414.917
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Dong Hui Wang*, Wen Xiang Liu
• Keywords: Deep Space Navigation, Geometry Coverage Characteristics, Inter-Satellite Links, Satellite Navigation System

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