Lunar navigation satellite system and positioning accuracy evaluation

M Murata, I Kawano, S Kogure - … of the 2022 International Technical Meeting …, 2022 - ion.org
We describe our Lunar Navigation Satellite System (LNSS) that was designed to provide the
PNT service at the Lunar South Pole region. Our LNSS is composed of eight satellites …

[HTML][HTML] Fully Autonomous Orbit Determination and Synchronization for Satellite Navigation and Communication Systems in Halo Orbits

G Sirbu, M Leonardi - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a solution for autonomous orbit determination and time synchronization
of spacecraft in Halo orbits around Lagrange points using inter-satellite links. Lagrange …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of different satellite navigation methods for the Moon in the future exploration age

G Sirbu, M Leonardi, C Stallo, C Di Lauro, M Carosi - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous lunar missions are planned for the next decade and the current deep space
tracking system could not be sufficient to support all of them, since it has inherent limits in …

Orbit determination of Earth-Moon libration point navigation constellation based on Inter-satellite links

Z Xu, K Shao, D Gu, L Tong, L Du, C Wei, Z An… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Earth-Moon libration point navigation constellation has a merit of fully covering the cislunar
space and providing navigation services with merely a small number of satellites …

Performance evaluation of a lunar navigation system exploiting four satellites in ELFO orbits

G Sirbu, M Leonardi, M Carosi… - 2022 IEEE 9th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ESA and NASA are proposing satellite based lunar communication and navigation systems
deployed in Moon orbit; in this way, lunar vehicles/spacecraft will be able to accomplish …

Differential Positioning Performance on Lunar South Pole Region Using Lunar Navigation Satellite System

K Akiyama, M Murata, S Kogure - … Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division …, 2022 - ion.org
This paper proposes the differential positioning technique to reduce the Signal-In-Space
Range Error (SISRE) of LNSS satellites and the coordinate transformation errors from Earth …

Improving the Performance of Lunar Satellite Navigation Systems by Exploiting Inter-Satellite Distance Information

G Sirbu, M Leonardi, C Stallo, M Carosi - … Meeting of the Satellite Division of …, 2023 - ion.org
This paper evaluates a method to improve the accuracy of a lunar satellite-based navigation
system for two different localization techniques, the One-Way ranging and the Two-Way …

Autonomous One-Way Time Transfer on the Lunar South Pole Surface Using High Sensitive GNSS Receiver

C Di Lauro, M Cappa, M Carosi, EE Zini… - Proceedings of the ION …, 2024 - ion.org
Since the renewed interest in Moon exploration by global space institutions in recent years,
dependable access to this natural satellite has become a top space goal once again. The …

Exploiting differential correction in the future Lunar Satellite Navigation System

G Sirbu, M Leonardi, M Carosi… - 2023 IEEE 10th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential of using differential correction
to improve the accuracy of a lunar navigation system based on satellites deployed in lunar …

Vehicle Navigation by Visual Navigational Aids for Automatic Lunar Mission

I Ostroumov, N Kuzmenko - 2021 IEEE 6th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays the question of Moon exploration is one of the key priorities. Many Lunar robotics
missions are planned in near future by different space agencies around the world. Moon has …