Space-Based GPS 1996 Mission Overview

Frank H. Batter and James R. O’Donnell Jr.

Abstract:	A rich harvest of space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) experimental data is expected in 1996. At least seven different flight experiments are planned which will provide valuable information on the robustness, performance and limitations associated with flying the current generation of engineering support GPS receivers. Each of these experiments is unique; providing a wealth of information to the space-based GPS community. These experiments will provide valuable information on using GPS as an autonomous navigation instrument, as a spacecraft attitude determination sensor, as a precise time synchronization a source, and as a relative ranging sensing device. This paper provides an overview of the experiments planned for 1996; it provides a top-level description of the results obtained to date including the “lessons learned” from these experiments to improve future generations of space-based GPS receivers, and it will define the spaceborne GPS team’s vision for using these devices in spacecraft of the future.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 9th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1996) September 17 - 20, 1996 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	1293 - 1302
Cite this article:	Batter, Frank H., O’Donnell, James R., Jr., "Space-Based GPS 1996 Mission Overview," Proceedings of the 9th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1996), Kansas City, MO, September 1996, pp. 1293-1302.
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