High Altitude Navigation System Study. Volume I. System Summary Report.

Abstract

Analysis and simulation of a Passive Ranging Interferometer Sensor (PRAIS) used to provide autonomous navigation of spacecraft at average altitudes greater than 5000 nm was conducted. Navigation accuracy of a High Altitude Navigation System (HANS), configured with the PRAIS in conjunction with a digital computer and an Altitude determination system (ADS), was evaluated for five orbits spanning the altitude range of 400 to 150,000 nm. Performance of this HANS configuration was demonstrated with Monte Carlo simulation using order statistics.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA008482

Entities

People

  • Douglas H. Aldrich
  • John E. Feavearyear
  • Norman F. Toda

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Digital Computers
  • High Altitude
  • Information Science
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Navigation
  • Order Statistics
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris