Technologies

AUTONOMOUS SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Reference#: P01443

This invention is an autonomous navigation system for an orbital platform incorporating a global positioning system based navigation device optimized for low-Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit applications including a 12 channel, GPS tracking application-specific integrated circuit operating in concert with a computer system implementing an extended Kalman filter and orbit propagator which autonomously generates estimates of position, velocity and time to enable planning, prediction and execution of event-based commanding of mission operations.

Patent Status: U.S. patent(s) 6859170; 6,608,589 issued.

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