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One of the main requirements for any space mission is to navigate the spacecraft. Current space navigation methods highly depend on ground-based operations. To achieve more autonomy and also to augment the current available navigation solutions, we are interested in utilization of celestial-based navigation systems. Such systems use signals emitted from celestial sources located at great distances from Earth. Because of their special characteristics, X-ray pulsars are potential celestial candidates for navigation.
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Emadzadeh, A.A., Speyer, J.L. (2011). Introduction. In: Navigation in Space by X-ray Pulsars. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8017-5_1
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