2011/06/16 by Pacôme Delva, Delva, Pacôme, A. Čadež +5 · 1 citation
Engineering · #Space Satellite Systems and Control #Spacecraft Design and Technology
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1106.3168
A relativistic positioning system has been proposed by Bartolomé Coll in 2002. Since then, several group developed this topic with different approaches. I will present a work done in collaboration with Ljubljana University and the ESA Advanced Concepts Team. We developed a concept, Autonomous Basis of Coordinates, in order to take advantage of the full autonomy of a satellite constellation for navigation and positioning, by means of satellite inter-links. I will present the advantages of this new paradigm and a number of potential application for reference systems, geophysics and relativistic gravitation.