Session
Poster Session 1
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
This study examines the feasibility of X-ray pulsar navigation with the CubeSat. We developed NinjaSat equipped with gas X-ray detectors sensitive to 2–50 keV with effective area of 16 cm2 at 6 keV. We estimate position and velocity of NinjaSat from Crab pulsar observation data by orbital estimation method based on “Significance Enhancement of Pulse-profile with Orbit-dynamics”. As a result, the estimated position accuracy was within 59 km.
Document Type
Event
Demonstration of X-Ray Pulsar-Based Navigation with the CubeSat Astronomical Observatory NinjaSat
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
This study examines the feasibility of X-ray pulsar navigation with the CubeSat. We developed NinjaSat equipped with gas X-ray detectors sensitive to 2–50 keV with effective area of 16 cm2 at 6 keV. We estimate position and velocity of NinjaSat from Crab pulsar observation data by orbital estimation method based on “Significance Enhancement of Pulse-profile with Orbit-dynamics”. As a result, the estimated position accuracy was within 59 km.
