Demonstration of Ground Vehicle Navigation with Non-Cooperative Multi-Constellation LEO Satellites

An experimental demonstration of a ground vehicle navigating exclusively with non-cooperative multi-constellation low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite signals of opportunity is presented. The satellites’ unknown downlink signals are processed through a cognitive software-defined receiver to extract Doppler frequency measurements. To account for the satellites’ uncertain timing and ephemerides, a correction approach is employed in a standalone fashion (i

• Publication year

  2024

• Venue

  ION GNSS+, The International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation

• Publication date

  2024-10-09

• Fields of study

  Not labeled

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.33012/2024.19891
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Modeling and Compensation of Timing and Spatial Ephemeris Errors of Non-Cooperative LEO Satellites With Application to PNT

  2025cited by this paper
• Survey on Opportunistic PNT With Signals From LEO Communication Satellites

  2025influential reference
• Starlink for PNT: A Trick or a Treat?

  2024cited by this paper
• Carrier phase tracking and positioning algorithm with additional system parameters based on Orbcomm signals

  2024cited by this paper
• A Computationally Efficient Approach for Acquisition and Doppler Tracking for PNT With LEO Megaconstellations

  2024cited by this paper
• A First Look at the OneWeb LEO Constellation: Beacons, Beams, and Positioning

  2024cited by this paper
• Fundamental Performance Bounds for Carrier Phase Positioning in LEO-PNT Systems

  2024cited by this paper
• Analysis of Satellite Ephemeris Error in Differential and Non-differential Navigation with LEO Satellites

  2024cited by this paper
• Ephemeris Error Correction for Tracking Non-Cooperative LEO Satellites with Pseudorange Measurements

  2024cited by this paper
• Analysis and Correction of LEO Satellite Propagation Errors with Application to Navigation

  2024cited by this paper
• Ad Astra: Simultaneous Tracking and Navigation With Megaconstellation LEO Satellites

  2024influential reference
• Ephemeris Error Modeling in Opportunistic LEO Satellite Tracking with Pseudorange and Doppler Measurements

  2023cited by this paper
• Positioning with Starlink LEO Satellites: A Blind Doppler Spectral Approach

  2023cited by this paper
• Performance-Driven Design of Carrier Phase Differential Navigation Frameworks With Megaconstellation LEO Satellites

  2023cited by this paper
• Simultaneous LEO Satellite Tracking and Differential LEO-Aided IMU Navigation

  2023cited by this paper
• Navigation with Multi-Constellation LEO Satellite Signals of Opportunity: Starlink, OneWeb, Orbcomm, and Iridium

  2023influential reference
• Multi-Constellation Blind Beacon Estimation, Doppler Tracking, and Opportunistic Positioning with OneWeb, Starlink, Iridium NEXT, and Orbcomm LEO Satellites

  2023cited by this paper
• LEO-PNT for Augmenting Europe's Space-based PNT Capabilities

  2023cited by this paper
• LEO-PNT Mega-Constellations: a New Design Driver for the Next Generation MEO GNSS Space Service Volume and Spaceborne Receivers

  2023cited by this paper
• Analysis of Baseline Impact on Differential Doppler Positioning and Performance Improvement Method for LEO Opportunistic Navigation

  2023cited by this paper
• Observability Analysis of Receiver Localization via Pseudorange Measurements From a Single LEO Satellite

  2023cited by this paper
• Doppler Measurements From Multiconstellations in Opportunistic Navigation

  2022cited by this paper
• The First Carrier Phase Tracking and Positioning Results With Starlink LEO Satellite Signals

  2022cited by this paper
• Acquisition, Doppler Tracking, and Positioning With Starlink LEO Satellites: First Results

  2022cited by this paper
• Impact of Improved Oscillator Stability on LEO-Based Satellite Navigation

  2022cited by this paper
• The Potential of LEO Satellite-Based Opportunistic Navigation for High Dynamic Applications

  2022cited by this paper
• Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites: A Survey on Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

  2022cited by this paper
• Phase-Time Method: Accurate Doppler Measurement for Iridium NEXT Signals

  2022cited by this paper
• LEO Doppler-aided GNSS position estimation

  2021cited by this paper
• Opportunistic In-Flight INS Alignment Using LEO Satellites and a Rotatory IMU Platform

  2021cited by this paper
• LEO-constellation-augmented multi-GNSS real-time PPP for rapid re-convergence in harsh environments

  2021cited by this paper
• LEO satellite clock analysis and prediction for positioning applications

  2021cited by this paper
• Empowering the Tracking Performance of LEO-Based Positioning by Means of Meta-Signals

  2021cited by this paper
• Single Differenced Doppler Positioning with Low Earth Orbit Signals of Opportunity and Angle of Arrival Estimation

  2021cited by this paper
• Opportunistic Navigation with Doppler Measurements from Iridium Next and Orbcomm LEO Satellites

  2021cited by this paper
• A Techno-Economic Framework for Satellite Networks Applied to Low Earth Orbit Constellations: Assessing Starlink, OneWeb and Kuiper

  2021cited by this paper
• Position, Navigation, and Timing Technologies in the 21st Century

  2020cited by this paper
• Multi-Constellation Software-Defined Receiver for Doppler Positioning with LEO Satellites

  2020cited by this paper
• Exploring Implicit Pilots for Precise Estimation of LEO Satellite Downlink Doppler Frequency

  2020cited by this paper
• Satellite Navigation for the Age of Autonomy

  2020cited by this paper
• Navigation using Carrier Doppler Shift from a LEO Constellation: TRANSIT on Steroids

  2020cited by this paper
• Receiver Design for Doppler Positioning with Leo Satellites

  2019cited by this paper
• Positioning Using IRIDIUM Satellite Signals of Opportunity in Weak Signal Environment

  2019cited by this paper
• New Method for Positioning Using IRIDIUM Satellite Signals of Opportunity

  2019cited by this paper
• SATELLITE TRACKING USING NORAD TWO-LINE ELEMENT SET FORMAT

  2016cited by this paper
• Anchor-Aided Joint Localization and Synchronization Using SOOP: Theory and Experiments

  2016cited by this paper
• Examination of SGP4 along-track errors for initially circular orbits

  2015cited by this paper
• Observability Analysis of Collaborative Opportunistic Navigation With Pseudorange Measurements

  2014cited by this paper
• SGP4 Orbit Determination

  2008influential reference
• Fiftey Years of Orbit Determination : Development of Modern Astrodynamics Methods

  2007cited by this paper
• Validation of SGP4 and IS-GPS-200D Against GPS Precision Ephemerides

  2007cited by this paper
• Survey of maneuvering target tracking. Part I. Dynamic models

  2003cited by this paper
• Introduction to random signals and applied Kalman filtering : with MATLAB exercises and solutions

  1996cited by this paper

• Navigating the Arctic Circle with Starlink and OneWeb LEO Satellites

  2025cites this paper
• Acquisition, Doppler Tracking, and Differential LEO-Aided IMU Navigation With Uncooperative Satellites

  2025influential citation
• LEO PNT Frameworks for Non-Cooperative Satellites With Poorly Known Ephemerides: Open-Loop SGP4, Tracking, and Differential

  2025cites this paper
• Nearest Neighbor Data Association for LEO Satellite Identification

  2025cites this paper
• Towards Navigation with Non-Cooperative LEO Satellites: Resolving Ephemeris and Timing Errors

  2025cites this paper
• Exploiting Starlink and OneWeb LEO Satellite Signals for High-Altitude Platform Station Opportunistic Navigation

  2025cites this paper
• Warm Start Navigation with Non-Cooperative LEO Satellites via Online Ephemeris Error Estimation

  2025cites this paper
• Evaluation of Starlink LEO Satellite Signals for High-Altitude Platform Station Opportunistic Navigation

  2024cites this paper