Missile Application Condensed Message (MACM) Data Format

Abstract

Provides the standard message format for GPS receivers use in high dynamic air/ground missile testing applications. The MACM, a data format designed for high-speed output of raw GPS measurement data, provides the minimum data necessary to generate a kinetic carrier-phase measurement of receiver position in a near real-time or post-mission GPS signal processor. The carrier-to-noise ratio, carrier phase measurement, pseudorange, doppler shift, elapsed time lock, and condition flags are supplied for each satellite under track.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA640537

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acceptance Tests
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Clocks
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Phase
  • Phase Measurement
  • Standards
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space