Autonomous Lunar Satellite Navigation System: Preliminary Performance Assessment on South Pole
Nowadays, several space agencies are emphasizing the interest for the human return to the Moon. This renaissance in lunar exploration involves both the public and private sectors and will offer new opportunities for science across a multitude of disciplines from planetary geology to astronomy and as...
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ftunivromatorver:oai:art.torvergata.it:2108/278632 2024-02-27T08:45:32+00:00 Autonomous Lunar Satellite Navigation System: Preliminary Performance Assessment on South Pole Leonardi, M Sirbu, G Stallo, C Eleuteri, M Di Lauro, C Iannone, C Del Zoppo, E Leonardi, M Sirbu, G Stallo, C Eleuteri, M Di Lauro, C Iannone, C Del Zoppo, E 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2108/278632 https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17843 eng eng INST NAVIGATION place:815 15TH ST NW, STE 832, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-0-936406-27-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000671019900037 ispartofbook:Proceedings of the 2021 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation 2021 Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting firstpage:478 lastpage:490 numberofpages:13 http://hdl.handle.net/2108/278632 doi:10.33012/2021.17843 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85104201658 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Settore ING-INF/03 - TELECOMUNICAZIONI info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2021 ftunivromatorver https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17843 2024-01-31T00:18:30Z Nowadays, several space agencies are emphasizing the interest for the human return to the Moon. This renaissance in lunar exploration involves both the public and private sectors and will offer new opportunities for science across a multitude of disciplines from planetary geology to astronomy and astrobiology. Precise data concerning the position of rovers on the Moon surface will become of vital importance for future missions and an autonomous navigation system capable of real-time absolute positioning on the Moon will be crucial for the future of the Moon exploration. For this reasons, the paper proposes the deployment of an autonomous navigation system based on a small constellation of satellites in orbit around the Moon. It will allow complex and simultaneous missions on the Moon surface with a minimal control from Earth. This work proposes the design of minimal constellation optimized for the South Pole that today seems the most interesting part of the Moon.This Lunar Positioning System (LPS) will be based on the same concept of the classical GNSS: the user will compute its position by the use of ranging signals coming from the satellites.In the paper, a first evaluation of the system was done in terms of: (a) constellation geometry (service availability and continuity and dilution of precision) and (b) final positioning accuracy. Two different constellations with four satellites were evaluated and compared. Moreover, to evaluate final user position accuracy, the main pseudorage error contributions are modeled and different configurations are considered. Good performances in terms of service availability, continuity and DOP are obtained: availability up to 58% and continuity up to 840 minutes were obtained in the simulation. Concerning the final user positioning error, it mostly depends on the satellite position error, and it is below 200 meters RMS. Exploiting the differential approach with the classical lander-rover configuration, the final rover position error can be reduced to 3 meters RMS also for very ... Conference Object South pole Universitá degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata": ART - Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca South Pole The International Technical Meeting of the The Institute of Navigation, Proceedings of the 2021 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation 478 490 |
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Nowadays, several space agencies are emphasizing the interest for the human return to the Moon. This renaissance in lunar exploration involves both the public and private sectors and will offer new opportunities for science across a multitude of disciplines from planetary geology to astronomy and astrobiology. Precise data concerning the position of rovers on the Moon surface will become of vital importance for future missions and an autonomous navigation system capable of real-time absolute positioning on the Moon will be crucial for the future of the Moon exploration. For this reasons, the paper proposes the deployment of an autonomous navigation system based on a small constellation of satellites in orbit around the Moon. It will allow complex and simultaneous missions on the Moon surface with a minimal control from Earth. This work proposes the design of minimal constellation optimized for the South Pole that today seems the most interesting part of the Moon.This Lunar Positioning System (LPS) will be based on the same concept of the classical GNSS: the user will compute its position by the use of ranging signals coming from the satellites.In the paper, a first evaluation of the system was done in terms of: (a) constellation geometry (service availability and continuity and dilution of precision) and (b) final positioning accuracy. Two different constellations with four satellites were evaluated and compared. Moreover, to evaluate final user position accuracy, the main pseudorage error contributions are modeled and different configurations are considered. Good performances in terms of service availability, continuity and DOP are obtained: availability up to 58% and continuity up to 840 minutes were obtained in the simulation. Concerning the final user positioning error, it mostly depends on the satellite position error, and it is below 200 meters RMS. Exploiting the differential approach with the classical lander-rover configuration, the final rover position error can be reduced to 3 meters RMS also for very ... |
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Autonomous Lunar Satellite Navigation System: Preliminary Performance Assessment on South Pole |
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