A method is presented for near-Earth spacecraft or aviation vehicle's attitude rate estimation by using relative Doppler frequency shift; of the Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier. It comprises two GPS receiv...A method is presented for near-Earth spacecraft or aviation vehicle's attitude rate estimation by using relative Doppler frequency shift; of the Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier. It comprises two GPS receiving antennas, a signal processing circuit and an algorithm. The whole system is relatively simple, the cost and weight, as well as power consumption, are very low.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA),Goddard Space Flight Center,USA,under Contract AN13709
文摘A method is presented for near-Earth spacecraft or aviation vehicle's attitude rate estimation by using relative Doppler frequency shift; of the Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier. It comprises two GPS receiving antennas, a signal processing circuit and an algorithm. The whole system is relatively simple, the cost and weight, as well as power consumption, are very low.