Sun-Earth-Moon autonomous orbit determination for quasi-periodic orbit about the translunar libration point and its observability analysis

    Authors

    Y. J. Qian; C. Y. Li; W. X. Jing; I. Hwang;J. Wei

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Aerosp. Sci. Technol.

    Keywords

    Autonomous orbit determination; Quasi-halo orbit; Lissajous orbit; EKF; Observability; Libration points; SOLAR; Engineering, Aerospace

    Abstract

    In this paper, the Sun-Earth-Moon (i.e., SEM) autonomous navigation problem is investigated for the Lissajous orbit and the quasi-halo orbit about the translunar libration point. Generally, the SEM navigation method can offer a convergent estimation by using orientation information. However, due to the unstable nature of the translunar libration orbit, it is still indispensable to further prove that only orientation information can guarantee the convergence. Therefore, three sensor configurations are studied to find an appropriate sensor configuration for translunar libration probe. In order to achieve this goal, a new navigation dynamic model with standard ephemerides is proposed. The observability analysis is used to evaluate the feasibility of each sensor configuration. Autonomous navigation is obtained by extended Kalman filtering. Simulations show that the sensor configuration of using orientation information from the spacecraft to the Sun, the Earth and the Moon and one Doppler measurement can satisfy both the economical efficiency and reliability. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Aerospace Science and Technology

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    289

    Last Page

    296

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000321162600026

    ISSN

    1270-9638

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