Publication Date:
2019-08-26
Description:
Two visionary innovations were proposed to allow spacecraft to assume the burden of navigation. The first extends the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) to include not only orientation references (quasars), but also time (pulsars) and frequency (maser) references that allow position and velocity to be determined relative to the terrestrial reference frame (TRF) or planetary reference frames (PRFs). The second provides spacecraft with a direct means to determine their own position relative to the ICRF.
Keywords:
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking
Type:
HQ-E-DAA-TN62806
Format:
application/pdf
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