Simplified Orbit Determination Algorithm for Low Earth Orbit Satellites Using Spaceborne GPS Navigation Sensor

Tukaram Aghav, Sandip; Achyut Gangal, Shashikala

doi:10.2478/arsa-2014-0007

Abstract

In this paper, the main work is focused on designing and simplifying the orbit determination algorithm which will be used for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) navigation. The various data processing algorithms, state estimation algorithms and modeling forces were studied in detail, and simplified algorithm is selected to reduce hardware burden and computational cost. This is done by using raw navigation solution provided by GPS Navigation sensor. A fixed step-size Runge-Kutta 4^th order numerical integration method is selected for orbit propagation. Both, the least square and Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) orbit estimation algorithms are developed and the results of the same are compared with each other. EKF algorithm converges faster than least square algorithm. EKF algorithm satisfies the criterions of low computation burden which is required for autonomous orbit determination. Simple static force models also feasible to reduce the hardware burden and computational cost.

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Simplified Orbit Determination Algorithm for Low Earth Orbit Satellites Using Spaceborne GPS Navigation Sensor

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