Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars

	Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars
	Deng, X. P.1,2,3; Hobbs, G.2; You, X. P.4; Li, M. T.1; Keith, M. J.2; Shannon, R. M.2; Coles, W.5; Manchester, R. N.2; Zheng, J. H.1; Yu, X. Z.1
刊名	ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
	2013-11-01
卷号	52 期号:9 页码:1602-1621
关键词	Pulsars Spacecraft navigation
ISSN号	0273-1177
通讯作者	北京8701信箱
中文摘要	We demonstrate how observations of pulsars can be used to help navigate a spacecraft travelling in the solar system. We make use of archival observations of millisecond pulsars from the Parkes radio telescope in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method and highlight issues, such as pulsar spin irregularities, which need to be accounted for. We show that observations of four millisecond pulsars every seven days using a realistic X-ray telescope on the spacecraft throughout a journey from Earth to Mars can lead to position determinations better than ∼20 km and velocity measurements with a precision of ∼0.1 ms−1.
英文摘要	We demonstrate how observations of pulsars can be used to help navigate a spacecraft travelling in the solar system. We make use of archival observations of millisecond pulsars from the Parkes radio telescope in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method and highlight issues, such as pulsar spin irregularities, which need to be accounted for. We show that observations of four millisecond pulsars every seven days using a realistic X-ray telescope on the spacecraft throughout a journey from Earth to Mars can lead to position determinations better than similar to 20 km and velocity measurements with a precision of similar to 0.1 ms(-1). (C) 2013 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	空间技术
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.cssar.ac.cn/handle/122/736]
专题	国家空间科学中心_空间技术部
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.CSIRO Astron & Space Sci, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Engn, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 4.Southwest Univ, Sch Phys Sci & Technol, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China 5.Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Deng, X. P.,Hobbs, G.,You, X. P.,et al. Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars[J]. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH,2013,52(9):1602-1621.
APA	Deng, X. P..,Hobbs, G..,You, X. P..,Li, M. T..,Keith, M. J..,...&Chen, D..(2013).Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars.ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH,52(9),1602-1621.
MLA	Deng, X. P.,et al."Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars".ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 52.9(2013):1602-1621.