Performance Analysis of Lunar Radio Navigation ODTS System

Cosimo Stallo, Carmine Di Lauro, Mattia Carosi, Enrico Edoardo Zini, Daniele Musacchio, Laura De Leo, Daniele Cretoni, Marco Laurenti, Boomkamp Henno

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Abstract:	In the last years, lunar missions have been attracting a renewed interest in the clear perspective of planning and completing both robotic and human missions in the near future, paving the way to the exploration of Mars. In this view, communication and navigation are considered essential to ensure a stable presence on the lunar surface. In this context, Thales Alenia Space is leading a consortium to define the main concepts for a Lunar Radio Navigation System (LRNS) in terms of Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization (ODTS), Lunar Reference Frames and Signal Modulation techniques as part of an ESA Technology Development Element (TDE) programme. This work presents the ODTS architecture and achievable performances with different noise levels, error sources and data arcs. In particular, the main goal of this work is to show the performance assessment of the identified ODTS system concept baseline in terms of achievable SISE (Signal in Space Error). Then, the impact of the Lunar Body-Fixed Reference Frames’ accuracy is also investigated.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2023 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 24 - 26, 2023 Hyatt Regency Long Beach Long Beach, California
Pages:	190 - 203
Cite this article:	Stallo, Cosimo, Di Lauro, Carmine, Carosi, Mattia, Zini, Enrico Edoardo, Musacchio, Daniele, De Leo, Laura, Cretoni, Daniele, Laurenti, Marco, Henno, Boomkamp, "Performance Analysis of Lunar Radio Navigation ODTS System," Proceedings of the 2023 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Long Beach, California, January 2023, pp. 190-203. https://doi.org/10.33012/2023.18595
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