A System Study about a Lunar Navigation Satellite Transmitter System
Miriam Schönfeldt, Antoine Grenier, Anaïs Delépaut, Pietro Giordano, Richard Swinden, Javier Ventura‐Traveset, Daniel Blonski, Jörg Hahn
Abstract
Today, deep space missions are navigated and tracked with Deep Space Tracking Stations. However, the navigation operations are relatively expensive and the accuracy is within kilometre range, which needs to be improved for human space exploration. This paper will present initial results of a system study about a Lunar Navigation Satellite System. The study contains investigations about the design of navigation transmitter satellites considering the characteristics of different lunar orbits, the resulting visibility conditions and approximate performances for user receivers on and around the Moon.
Topics & Concepts
VisibilitySatelliteComputer scienceRemote sensingSatellite trackingTransmitterSatellite systemNASA Deep Space NetworkNavigation systemDeep space explorationSatellite navigationSpace explorationReal-time computingAerospace engineeringTelecommunicationsGlobal Positioning SystemGeologyGeographySpacecraftGNSS applicationsEngineeringMeteorologyChannel (broadcasting)GNSS positioning and interferenceGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsAstro and Planetary Science