Project Title:

Autonomous Integrated GPS/INS Navigation Experiment for OMV

09.10-8100
Autonomous Integrated GPS/INS Navigation Experiment for OMV
Mayflower Communications Company Inc.
80 Main Street
Reading
MA
01867
Triveni N.
Upadhyay
(617-942-2666)
MSFC

Abstract:

The focus of this project is the development of an autonomous, integrated Global
Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) that can be readily implemented
in real-time, on onboard computers to improve the total navigation performance of
advanced Space Transportation Systems (STS). The GPS/INS concept combines the GPS
interferometric carrier phase processing with the GPS inertial navigation filter
processing to obtain accurate, continuous position, velocity, and attitude data for
spacecraft. The continuous GPS tracking of advanced STSs will minimize ground tracking
requirements and will provide flexibility in mission planning. This project will
target the GPS inertial navigation filter development for the Orbital Maneuvering
Vehicle (OMV). The rationale for selecting the OMV as the demonstration platform
for this experiment is that the OMV will have onboard GPS receivers, two GPS antennae,
and the receiver measurements will be available as an output for processing by the
proposed navigation filter algorithms.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications:  Commercial applications currently exist for surveying,
off-shore exploration, and maritime navigation.