Abstract
A study is conducted to propose a novel dual-transponder ranging (DTR) approach to intersatellite distance measurement with high accuracy. The novel approach can achieve the same level of accuracy without the requirement of a high-precision time-tagging system as compared with the earlier dual one-way ranging (DOWR) approach. The proposed DTR system consists of a leading and trailing part, and the microwave signals are generated in two ways by different multipliers in the leading part. The leading part plays a role of an interferometer, while the trailing one acts as a radio-frequency mirror to produce phase-locked signals.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 944-948 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Mathematics