GPS Experiment on the Balloon-based Operation Vehicle

P.J. Buist, S. Verhagen, T. Hashimoto, S. Sawai, S-I. Sakai, N. Bando, S. Shimizu

Abstract:	JAXA has been developing a system to provide a long duration, good quality microgravity environment based on a capsule, named the Balloon-based Operation Vehicle, that can be released from a balloon. In this paper we will describe the Balloon-based operation vehicle itself and the experiments using GPS performed - in cooperation with Delft University of Technology - on the gondola of the balloon in 2008 (single baseline estimation) and 2009 (full attitude determination and relative positioning). The attitude calculated using raw observations from a GPS receiver during the 2009 experiment is compared with Sun Aspect Sensors’ and Geomagnetic Aspect Sensor’s results and moreover with the attitude as provided by the receiver itself.
Published in:	Proceedings of IEEE/ION PLANS 2010 May 4 - 6, 2010 Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa Indian Wells, CA
Pages:	1287 - 1294
Cite this article:	Buist, P.J., Verhagen, S., Hashimoto, T., Sawai, S., Sakai, S-I., Bando, N., Shimizu, S., "GPS Experiment on the Balloon-based Operation Vehicle," Proceedings of IEEE/ION PLANS 2010, Indian Wells, CA, May 2010, pp. 1287-1294. https://doi.org/10.1109/PLANS.2010.5507346
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