Analysis and Evaluation of GPS Relative Navigation Using Carrier Phase for RVD Experiment satellite of ETS-VII

Isao Kawano, Masaaki Mokuno, Tomoyuki Miyano and Takashi Suzuki

Abstract:	NASDA had developed Engineering Test Satellite-VII (ETS-VII, Fig 1) consisted of two satellites, the chaser and target. ETS-VII is a test satellite to perform in-orbit demonstration of automated Rendezvous Docking (RVD) technology. ETS-VII was launched in 1997, and the automated RVD flight using relative GPS (RGPS) navigation was successfully performed in orbit. Two progressive experiments of RGPS navigation using carrier phase were performed in 1999. This paper presents the ETS-VII RGPS navigation system and the result of carrier phase RGPS navigation performed in July 1999, and also the post-flight analysis and evaluation.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000) September 19 - 22, 2000 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	1655 - 1660
Cite this article:	Kawano, Isao, Mokuno, Masaaki, Miyano, Tomoyuki, Suzuki, Takashi, "Analysis and Evaluation of GPS Relative Navigation Using Carrier Phase for RVD Experiment satellite of ETS-VII," Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2000, pp. 1655-1660.
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