Open AccessX-Ray Pulsar-based Navigation Scheme for Solar System Boundary Exploration
Author(s) -
Y S Wang,
Y D Wang,
Wei Zheng,
Minzhang Song
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2224/1/012127
Subject(s) - pulsar , x ray pulsar , physics , navigation system , boundary (topology) , solar system , scheme (mathematics) , astronomy , astrophysics , remote sensing , computer science , computer vision , geology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
For solar system boundary exploration mission, this paper designed an X-ray pulsar-based navigation (XNAV) scheme. The Fisher information matrix is used to choose optimal pulsar observation configuration. Based on the selected pulsar configuration, the accuracy of pulsar navigation and stellar angle navigation is compared. Besides, the navigation performance of XNAV is verified by the orbits of voyager 1, voyager 2 and pioneer 10 respectively. Simulation results show that the pulsar navigation could provide accurate positioning results for solar system boundary explorers.