Presentation 2021-02-19
One-way ranging method for orbit determination of micro spacecrafts far from Earth
Yuichiro Nada, Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi,
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Abstract(in English) Small satellites missions has increased and gained much attention not only near the Earth but also far from the Earth, deep space. Satellites near the Earth can use GPS signals, therefore orbit determination of them easily accomplished. On the other hand, satellites away from the Earth, such as Lunar orbiting satellites and deep space probes cannot utilize GPS signals and their orbit determinations become harder due to resource constraints of communication device. This work presents a simple one-way ranging method for orbit determination of small satellites which are limited in performance of communication device. This method allows us to remove uncertainties of clock on a satellite and the ground station using a simple phase-locked loop processing.
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Keyword(in English) One-way ranging / Orbit determination / Small spacecraft / Micro spacecraft / Phase tracking loop / GPS / PRN code
Paper # SANE2020-67
Date of Issue 2021-02-11 (SANE)

Conference Information
Committee SANE / SAT
Conference Date 2021/2/18(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Satellite technology, etc.
Chair Akitsugu Nadai(NICT) / Hisashi Sujikai(NHK)
Vice Chair Hiroyoshi Yamada(Niigata Univ.) / Makoto Tanaka(Tokai Univ.) / Hiroyasu Ishikawa(Nihon Univ.) / Tetsushi Ikegami(Meiji Univ.)
Secretary Hiroyoshi Yamada(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Makoto Tanaka(Mitsubishi Electric) / Hiroyasu Ishikawa(NHK) / Tetsushi Ikegami(KDDI Research)
Assistant Shunichi Futatsumori(ENRI) / Takuya Okura(NICT) / Daisuke Goto(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics / Technical Committee on Satellite Telecommunications
Language JPN
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Title (in English) One-way ranging method for orbit determination of micro spacecrafts far from Earth
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) One-way ranging
Keyword(2) Orbit determination
Keyword(3) Small spacecraft
Keyword(4) Micro spacecraft
Keyword(5) Phase tracking loop
Keyword(6) GPS
Keyword(7) PRN code
1st Author's Name Yuichiro Nada
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
2nd Author's Name Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi
2nd Author's Affiliation JAXA(JAXA)
Date 2021-02-19
Paper # SANE2020-67
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) SANE-371
Page pp.pp.52-56(SANE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2021-02-11 (SANE)