Session E1: Cislunar, Lunar, and Martian Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 1

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Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Windsong 7-8
In-Person presenters in this session provide pre-recorded presentations for viewing by registered attendees on Wednesday, September 16.

In-Person Presentations These presentations will be given in-person at the conference. Presenters will provide a pre-recorded presentation for on-demand viewing by all registered attendees.
8:35	Onboard Navigation System Design for Altus-1 and Strategies for LCRNS SISE Compliance Tara Mina, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Leonard, KinetX Aerospace; David Gaylor, Shaun Stewart, Intuitive Machines; John Christian, Georgia Institute of Technology
8:57	Japan's LNSS Demonstration Mission Updates: Technical Progress, Development and Policy Frameworks Toshihiro Shibukawa, Kota Kakihara, Shogo Matsuo, Joshua Critchley-Marrows, Sophie Kippen, Takeshi Ono, Tomoji Takasu, Osamu Arai, ArkEdge Space Inc.
9:20	First Observations of Earth’s Plasmasphere and Ionosphere from the Lunar Surface: Results from the LuGRE Mission Rebecca Ghidoni, Marco Guerra, Claudio Cesaroni, Luca Spogli, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; Alex Minetto, Andrea Nardin, Politecnico di Torino; Lucilla Alfonsi, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; Fabio Dovis, Politecnico di Torino
9:43	High-Efficiency Ephemeris Parameterization for Lunar PNT Systems Using Mean-Osculating Transformation Yuki Matsumoto, Ryo Nakamura, Kyohei Akiyama, Satoshi Ueda, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
10:05-10:35, Break. Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
10:40	Time-Correlated Ephemeris Errors and Relativistic Effects for Single-Satellite Doppler Localization of Lunar Rovers Kaila M. Y. Coimbra and Grace Gao, Stanford University
11:03	Multi-Layered Satellite Constellation Design and Orbit Determination for LANS IOC Stage Performance Augmentation Jisung Oh, Sungik Kim, Byungwoon Park, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Convergence Engineering for Intelligent Drone, Sejong University
11:26	Mars Positioning with GNSS-SDR: An End-to-End Simulation Testbed Ricardo Verdeguer Moreno, Ivan Acosta Bayona, Joseph Williams, Keysight Technologies, Spain; Joseph Williams, Keysight Technologies, UK; Miguel Angel Gomez Lopez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Javier Arribas Lazaro, Centro Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Navigation Unit
11:48	A Performance Prediction Framework for Lunar PNT Based on Terrestrial GNSS Modeling Hyewon Park, Inha Jung, Korea Aerospace Research Institute; O-jong Kim, Sejong University
Alternate Presentation Alternate presentations may be given in-person at the conference if other authors are unable to present. Alternate Presenters will provide a pre-recorded presentation for on-demand viewing by all registered attendees.
1.	Cis-Lunar Navigation Using Direct Position Estimation Using LuGRE Data Sharveshwaran Umashankar, Mykhail B. Sandacz, Kirsten Strandjord, University of Minnesota

On-Demand Presentations Pre-recorded presentations will become available for viewing by registered attendees on Wednesday, September 16.
	LUPIN: Enabling High Performance PNT in the Lunar Environment for Rover Surface Operations - Experimental Results Jorge Eduardo Martínez Esmeral, Danilo Forte, Steven Kay, Matteo De Benedetti, GMV UK LTD; Florin-Adrian Stancu, Daniel Betco, GMV Romania; María Manzano Jurado, GMV Aerospace and Defence SAU; Floor Thomas Melman, Richard Dennis Swinden, European Space Agency (ESA)
	Validation of Joint Doppler and Ranging with GNSS in an Earth-Based Hardware Demonstration William W. Jun, Dennis Ogbe, Paul Carter, NASA JPL

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Buffet Lunch in Exhibit Hall • 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., Free Time in Exhibit Hall

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