Research Article

A New Celestial Navigation Method for Spacecraft on a Gravity Assist Trajectory

Table 1

Performance comparison of different methods.

MethodPosition estimation error (RMS) (km) Velocity estimation error (RMS) (m/s)Position estimation error (Max) (km)Velocity estimation error (Max) (m/s)

Direct calculation method192.50ā€”1816.2ā€”
Filter method71.7250.1507154.680.4937
New method6.20820.111816.7870.4486