Tiny GPS receiver for space application.

Autor: Saito, Hirobumi, Hamada, Yusuke, Shinkai, Kenji, Sasaki, Hiroyuki, Kuroki, Seiji
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Zdroj: Electronics & Communications in Japan, Part 1: Communications; Nov2006, Vol. 89 Issue 11, p56-67, 12p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs
Abstrakt: GPS receivers used in car navigation and other applications have been downsized to dozens of grams, with significant gains in power conservation. With the assistance of a vehicle GPS manufacturer, a vehicle GPS receiver has been modified and a space application GPS receiver with ultralow power consumption that generates pseudo-range data has been developed. We expanded the frequency search range for the GPS receiver, and we conducted on-orbit simulations using a GPS simulator and confirmed that the positioning accuracy performance of the receiver is less than 1 m. It has also been confirmed that the receiver has a 20-krad radiation tolerance and that it is latch-up-free with respect to 200-MeV protons. The GPS receiver will be deployed on the small scientific satellite INDEX which is under development by the Aerospace Science Research Department of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 1, 89(11): 56–67, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/ecja.20234 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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