Overview
- Includes essential background information on an interdisciplinary research area: X-ray pulsar-based navigation
- Presents the concepts, history, implementation, theory system and basic methods of pulsar and space flight
- Discusses the future of navigation satellite systems
- Serves as both a useful reference and a learning resource for graduate students
Part of the book series: Navigation: Science and Technology (NASTECH, volume 11)
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About this book
This book systematically presents the concept, history, implementation, theory system and basic methods of pulsar and space flight, illustrating the characteristics of pulsars. It also describes the classification of spacecraft navigation systems and the autonomous navigation technologies, as well as X-ray pulsar-based navigation systems (XPNAV) and discusses future navigation satellite systems in detail.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Ping Shuai was born in Liupanshui City, P. R. China, in 1971. He graduated from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping in 1991 and received his M.S. degree in Geodynamics and Tectonic Physics from the Chinese Seismology Bureau’s Seismological Institute in 1998. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Guidance, Navigation and Control by the Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation in 2003 and joined the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) as a postdoctoral researcher in the same year. His research interests include geodesy, geophysics, integrated navigation systems, navigation constellation design, autonomous navigation of spacecraft, X-ray pulsar-based navigation (XPNAV), and cosmology.
Dr. Ping Shuai is also the chief scientist for the X-ray Pulsar-based Navigation 1 (XPNAV-1), a dedicated pulsar navigation test satellite that was launched successfully into the Low Earth Orbit on November 10, 2016.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Pulsars and Space Navigations
Authors: Ping Shuai
Series Title: Navigation: Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1067-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: National Defense Industry Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1066-0Published: 17 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1069-1Published: 17 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1067-7Published: 16 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2522-0454
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0462
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 419
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Control and Systems Theory