Introducing The Lunar Autonomous PNT System (LAPS) Simulator
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Hagenau, Benjamin; Peters, Brian; Burton, Roland; Hashemi, Kelley; Cramer, Nicholas
- Source
- 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100) Aerospace Conference (50100), 2021 IEEE. :1-11 Mar, 2021
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Location awareness
Analytical models
Moon
Computer architecture
Tools
Predictive models
Hardware
- Language
In this paper we introduce a software simulator that has been used to develop an architecture for a low-cost Lunar Autonomous Position, Navigation and Time (PNT) System, LAPS. LAPS is a conceptual architecture for providing autonomous PNT services on and around the Moon using non-dedicated low-cost orbital and ground assets. The simulation tool has been developed to be flexible and is capable of modeling and analyzing the many different capabilities and configurations that the non-dedicated assets could support. The tool models the creation of an ad hoc swarm, the localization of this swarm and the subsequent provision of PNT services from this swarm. We present results from several studies of select configurations chosen to reflect existing and future real-world needs and capabilities.