Autonomous Navigation of Service Spacecrafts on Geostationary Orbit Using GNSS Signals
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2016
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Radioelectronics and Communications Systems, 2016, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp. 562–566. © Allerton Press, Inc., 2016
Abstract
In this paper we consider the possibilities of navigation of spacecrafts designed to service
artificial Earth satellites on the geostationary orbit and of space debris removal in the near-Earth space
using the signals of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. We have formulated the methodology for
estimation of the signals availability of navigation satellites on the geostationary orbit through the
utilization of almanac of GPS and GLONASS. It has been demonstrated that in the case of reception of
navigation signals, which are radiated by the antenna system within the limits of main lobe of the radiation
pattern (RP), the availability of satellite navigation signals on the geostationary orbit is very low even if
we utilize GPS and GLONASS simultaneously. We present the simulation results of the received on the
geostationary orbit navigation satellites using the signals radiated in the main lobes in the range from
+/-13.8 to +/-23.5° for the L1 frequency, from +/-13.8 to +/-26° for the L2/L5 frequencies and in the side lobes in
the range from +/-30 to +/-60° of RP of the satellite antennas. The simulation of the navigation satellites
available on the geostationary orbit is given on the 24-hour time interval. Presented results are illustrated
by the calculations of number of visible satellites and by the geometric factor.
DOI: 10.3103/S0735272716120049
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Autonomous Navigation, Service Spacecrafts, Geostationary Orbit, GNSS Signals
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Original Russian Text © V. Konin, F. Shyshkov, 2016, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radioelektronika, 2016, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp. 43–49