SNAP: A Xona Space Systems and GPS Software-Defined Receiver
Noah S. Miller, J. Tanner Koza, Samuel C. Morgan, Scott M. Martin, Andrew Neish, Robert Grayson, Tyler Reid
Abstract
This paper proposes the Satellite Navigation Applied Processor (SNAP), a Software Defined Receiver (SDR) for the Xona Space Systems Pulsar constellation and legacy Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The novelty of this paper is found in the creation of an SDR that serves to explore the capabilities of a new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite navigation constellation. The modularity of SNAP allows both industry professionals and students to investigate their own Pulsar and legacy GNSS signal processing techniques.
Topics & Concepts
GNSS applicationsConstellationGlobal Positioning SystemComputer scienceSatelliteSoftwareSatellite systemSatellite navigationReal-time computingGalileo (satellite navigation)Modularity (biology)Receiver autonomous integrity monitoringEmbedded systemRemote sensingTelecommunicationsAerospace engineeringGeographyEngineeringOperating systemPhysicsAstronomyGeneticsBiologyGNSS positioning and interferenceRadio Astronomy Observations and TechnologyParticle accelerators and beam dynamics