Integrating Cosmic Microwave Background Readings with Celestial Navigation to Enhance Deep Space Navigation.

Pedro Kukulka de Albuquerque, Willer Gomes Dos Santos, Paulo Costa, Alexandre Barreto

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pedro Kukulka de AlbuquerqueC5I Center, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Research Building, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-0275-9183

Willer Gomes Dos SantosAeronautics Division, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes 50, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2676-6162

Paulo CostaC5I Center, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Research Building, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8280-1551

Alexandre BarretoC5I Center, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Research Building, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3083-6215

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research unveils a cutting-edge navigation system for deep space missions that utilizes cosmic microwave background (CMB) sensor readings to enhance spacecraft positioning and velocity estimation accuracy significantly. By exploiting the Doppler-shifted CMB spectrum and integrating it with optical measurements for celestial navigation, this approach employs advanced data processing through the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), enabling precise navigation amid the complexities of space travel. The simulation results confirm the system's exceptional precision and resilience in deep space missions, marking a significant advancement in astronautics and paving the way for future space exploration endeavors.

Indexed as

autonomous navigation systemcosmic microwave backgrounddeep space navigationspace sensor

Identifiers

PMID38894391

DOI10.3390/s24113600

PMCPMC11175358

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.