The second and third phases of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) are
planning to achieve Moon landing, surface exploration and automated sample return. In …

Recently, the advanced coastline inflection point method (CIPSD) was developed to retrieve
the instrument boresight pointing error of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) …

This paper presents a concept for the orbit determination and time synchronization (ODTS)
of a lunar radio navigation system. The proposed approach utilizes small ground antennas …

The NASA Vision for Space Exploration is focused on the return of astronauts to the Moon
[1]. While navigation systems have already been proven in the Apollo missions to the moon …

In order to assist the ever growing number of missions planned to visit the Moon, an
international effort is being made to design and commission a communication and …

The recent exploration initiatives for robotic and human missions to the Moon and Mars
require long-term communications and navigation infrastructures that provide accurate and …

The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) aims at testing positioning and navigation
at the Moon by using Earth Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Within this framework, to …

The interest in Moon exploration has grown substantially in the last few years, appointing the
Moon as the first step toward deep space exploration. However, the current state-of-the-art …

Lunar descent and landing requires accurate position, velocity, and timing (PVT) knowledge
in real-time. This paper introduces the use of Joint Doppler and Ranging (JDR) fused with …

In this paper the performance of a high sensitivity GPS/GLONASS receiver mounted on CE-
5T1 Service Module is studied and the data received on the first Earth-lunar transfer orbit is …