The GPS Attitude Determination Flyer (GADFLY): A Space-Qualified GPS Attltude Receiver on the SSTI-Lewis Spacecraft

Frank Bauer, E. Glenn Lightsey, Stephen Leake, Jon McCullough, James O’Donnell Jr., Kate Hartman, and Roger Hart

Abstract:	The Global Positioning System (GPS) Attitude Determination Flyer (GADFLY) experiment is slated to fly on the Small Satellite Technology Initiative (SSTI) Lewis spacecraft in July, 1996. The primary objective of the GADFLY experiment is to demonstrate and validate the cost-saving, systems engineering features that can be exploited by using GPS receivers in space vehicles. The experiment’s physical hardware includes four GPS antennas and preamplifiers, cross-strapped to two Space Systems/Loral GPS Tensor receivers. This will be the first flight of a fully space-qualified GPS receiver capable of simultaneously sensing space vehicle attitude, orbit and providing a precise time reference.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995) September 12 - 15, 1995 Palm Springs, CA
Pages:	555 - 562
Cite this article:	Bauer, Frank, Lightsey, E. Glenn, Leake, Stephen, McCullough, Jon, O’Donnell, James, Jr., Hartman, Kate, Hart, Roger, "The GPS Attitude Determination Flyer (GADFLY): A Space-Qualified GPS Attltude Receiver on the SSTI-Lewis Spacecraft," Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995), Palm Springs, CA, September 1995, pp. 555-562.
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