Principles and Potential of Pulsar Navigation

P.J. Buist, S. Engelen, A. Noroozi, P. Sundaramoorthy, S. Verhagen, C. Verhoeven

Abstract:	In this contribution we will provide an overview of the work that has been done on pulsar navigation and show a new direction in pulsar-based navigation research. Up until now the focus has been on X-ray pulsars, whereas our focus will be on the possibility of using radio pulsars. The radio frequency range has been neglected because the radio-frequency pulses were assumed to be too weak to detect with antennas of a reasonable size. We will demonstrate that with a relative small antenna radio pulses can be detected even on Earth. In our discussion we will make a comparison of pulsar navigation with GNSS and the differences are analyzed in a detailed discussion on both navigation methods.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011) September 20 - 23, 2011 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon Portland, OR
Pages:	3503 - 3515
Cite this article:	Buist, P.J., Engelen, S., Noroozi, A., Sundaramoorthy, P., Verhagen, S., Verhoeven, C., "Principles and Potential of Pulsar Navigation," Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011), Portland, OR, September 2011, pp. 3503-3515.
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