Investigating the GPS Aided Precision Missile Concept via Explorer and Topex Satellite Data

Gary Sitzman, Keith Melkun, and Larry Battyczack

Abstract:	The concepts of autonomous satellite navigation via GPS, as well as. missile inertial measurement unit (IMU) aided GPS have been considered for over a decade. Recent opportunities have made data available for analysis purposes that closely represent the conditions that a GPS receiver would encounter in a ballistic missile system, e.g., orbital/near orbital velocities and a near full constellation of GPS satellites. This paper presents recent analyses performed on GPS data obtained from the Explorer and Topex satellites and relates the navigation precision and environment to precision missile applications.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993) June 21 - 23, 1993 Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge, MA
Pages:	565 - 574
Cite this article:	Sitzman, Gary, Melkun, Keith, Battyczack, Larry, "Investigating the GPS Aided Precision Missile Concept via Explorer and Topex Satellite Data," Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993), Cambridge, MA, June 1993, pp. 565-574.
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