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Space Navigation by X-Ray Pulsars

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This review considers the problem of autonomously determining the position of a spacecraft in space based on the analysis of pulses emitted by X-ray pulsars. The characteristics of the prospective equipment and lists of pulsar candidates for reference sources are given. The navigation algorithm and resulting accuracy characteristics are substantiated.

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    V. E. Zharov

  2. Sternberg State Institute of Astronomy, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119191, Russia

    M. V. Sazhin, V. K. Milyukov, M. S. Pshirkov, V. N. Sementsov & O. S. Sazhina

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Sazhin, V.E. Zharov, V.K. Milyukov, M.S. Pshirkov, V.N. Sementsov, O.S. Sazhina, 2018, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 3: Fizika, Astronomiya, 2018, No. 2, pp. 18–30.

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Sazhin, M.V., Zharov, V.E., Milyukov, V.K. et al. Space Navigation by X-Ray Pulsars. Moscow Univ. Phys. 73, 141–153 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027134918020157

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