Future space exploration missions require increased autonomy. This is especially true for
navigation, where continued reliance on Earth-based resources is often a limiting factor in …

Time delay is a novel celestial navigation measurement that can provide the distance
information of the spacecraft relative to the nearby celestial body. Combining time delay …

Autonomous optical navigation is one of the most promising techniques to estimate the
position and velocity of a spacecraft in Earth orbit without the supports of Earth-based …

Conclusion This study explores a new navigation method using multi-path solar panel-
reflected solar oscillations. Considering the solar panels of BeiDou-3 M1–M24 and GPS …

Abstract Space navigation has been a research topic for decades, with autonomy within its
remit being a challenging area. Conventional space navigation approaches are based on …

Strapdown inertial navigation system/celestial navigation system (SINS/CNS) integrated
navigation with narrow-field-of-view (NFOV) star tracker is widely employed in the aviation …

Sunlight arrival time delay is an innovative measurement for celestial navigation, which
provides the distance information between the spacecraft and the nearby celestial body. For …

Celestial navigation using time delay measurement is an innovative autonomous navigation
method. To calculate the equivalent measurement, the numerical method needs to be …

Purpose This paper aims to improve the performance of the autonomous optical navigation
using relativistic perturbation of starlight, which is a promising technique for future space …

To solve the problem of the non-linear Fourier phase shift caused by the wavelength shift in
the celestial spectrum velocimetry, a celestial spectrum velocimetry method based on non …