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A Universe Light House — Candidate Architectures of the Libration Point Satellite Navigation System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Lei Zhang  and
Bo Xu
Lei Zhang
Affiliation:
(School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China)
Bo Xu*
Affiliation:
(School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China)
*
(E-mail: xubo@nju.edu.cn)
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Abstract

In view of the shortcomings of existing satellite navigation systems in deep-space performance, candidate architectures which utilise libration point orbits in the Earth-Moon system are proposed to create an autonomous satellite navigation system for lunar missions. Three candidate constellations are systematically studied in order to achieve continuous global coverage for lunar orbits: the Earth-Moon L1,2 two-satellite constellation, the Earth-Moon L2,4,5 three-satellite constellation and the Earth-Moon L1,2,4,5 four-satellite constellation. After a thorough search for possible configurations, the latter two constellations are found to be the simplest feasible architectures for lunar navigation. Finally, an autonomous orbit determination simulation is performed to verify the autonomy of the system and two optimal configurations are obtained in a comprehensive consideration of coverage and autonomous orbit determination performance.

Keywords

Libration point orbitsSatellite navigationConstellation coverageAutonomous orbit determination

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 67 , Issue 5 , September 2014 , pp. 737 - 752
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2014 

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