Test Plan for the Evaluation of the Initial Capability of the National Satellite Test Bed: Phase ID

Abstract

This document contains a plan for testing Wide-area Differential GPS (WDGPS) and Wide-area Integrity Broadcast (WIB) concepts in the National Satellite Test Bed (NSTB). This report documents the test plan for the next test subphase (ID), and covers the flight test definition, data collection, reduction and analysis, organizational responsibilities, and schedule. The specific objectives of the testing during this subphase are to: (1) obtain data on the time to detect, transmit, process, and receive an integrity alarm using a satellite broadcast relay of the alarm from the ground to the test aircraft, (2) obtain preliminary data on the performance of WDGPS, and specifically of ionospheric corrections for WDGPS using a satellite broadcast of the differential corrections, and (3) compare the performance achieved with WDGPS with that of Local area Differential GPS (LDGPS).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274138

Entities

People

  • Daniel G. O'laughlin

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Paths
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Information Science
  • Navigation
  • Statistics
  • Test Beds

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites