Experimental validation of VOR (VHF Omni Range) navigation system for stratospheric flight

Marzioli, Paolo; Frezza, Lorenzo; Curianò, Federico; Pellegrino, Alice; Gianfermo, Andrea; Angeletti, Federica; Arena, Lorenzo; Cardona, Tommaso; Valdatta, Marcello; Santoni, Fábio; Piergentili, Fabrizio

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.09.027

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“…The STRATONAV experiment, developed at Sapienza University of Rome for the REXUS/BEXUS Programme (aiming at launching European student experiments on-board stratospheric balloons and sounding rockets, [15]) has proven in 2016 the well-functioning of the VOR navigation system in stratospheric flight, while flying on a stratospheric balloon in Northern Sweden with an apogee of 32.2 km. The data analysis, described in [16], confirmed that the reliability of such navigation system in stratospheric flight is comparable to the current accuracy standards predicted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, [12,17]) and they can satisfy the previous standard rates introduced in the first years of VOR operations.…”

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“…The experiment was launched on-board the BEXUS 22 stratospheric balloon from the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna (Sweden), on 5 October 2016 at 13.35 UTC. The balloon overflew the Swedish and Finnish Lapland with a ground track of approximately 240 km and a total flight time of approximately four hours [16].…”

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VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Experimental Positioning for Stratospheric Vehicles

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The usage of aeronautical radio-frequency navigational aids can support the future stratospheric aviation as back-up positioning systems. Although GNSS has been extensively redundant in the last years of space operations, radio NavAids can still be supportive of navigation and tracking for novel mission profiles. As an example, in 2016, VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) has been proven to work well above its standard service volume limit on a stratospheric balloon flight with the STRATONAV experiment. While VOR provides the “radial” measurement, i.e., the angle between the Magnetic North and the line between the receiver and the transmitting ground station, the intersection of two or more radials at a time allows to perform ground track reconstruction for the vehicle to be tracked. This paper reports the results from the data re-processing from STRATONAV: the acquired radials have been intersected in order to achieve positioning. The radials interfacing method, the position calculation methodology, and the data acquisition strategies from STRATONAV are reported together with the data analysis results.

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“…The unknown node needs to measure the angle of arrival of the received signal using a set of antenna arrays and then calculate the coordinates of the unknown node using triangulation based on the angular information and the relationship between the nodes. The AOA algorithm, although simple in structure, has directional transmission/reception equipment, which can incur extremely high additional costs and is difficult to use on a large scale [24].…”

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A Survey of Localization Techniques for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

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With the continuous development of marine resources, the position of Underwater Wireless Sensor Network (UWSN) is becoming more and more important, and UWSN needs to know the location of sensor nodes when completing tasks such as marine data collection, environmental monitoring, and aiding navigation, etc. Accurate sensor node location information is the key to effective acquisition of underwater data. The key to effective underwater data acquisition is accurate sensor node location information. Due to the influence of the environment, global positioning system (GPS) signals cannot be propagated underwater, so hydroacoustic communication becomes the best choice for node positioning. However, the unstable underwater environment brings a series of challenges to hydroacoustic communication, such as high channel bit error rate, low bandwidth, large propagation delay, and obvious multipath effect. According to the characteristics and challenges of hydroacoustic communication, this paper classifies the localization algorithms of underwater wireless sensor networks into (i) distance-based and distance-free localization algorithms, (ii) single-hop and multi-hop localization algorithms, and (iii) distributed and centralized localization algorithms.

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“…In recent years, the use of stratospheric balloons by the scientific community has increased considerably, given the very competitive cost of this type of mission for many applications [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. This increase in the use of stratospheric balloons has led to a greater need for further analysis of the thermal behavior in this type of mission, since it differs substantially from the thermal models used in space systems [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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Measuring Relative Wind Speeds in Stratospheric Balloons with Cup Anemometers: The TASEC-Lab Mission

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This paper shows wind speed measurements from the TASEC-Lab experiment in a stratospheric balloon mission. The mission was launched in July 2021 from León (Spain) aerodrome. Measurements of horizontal wind speed in relation to the balloon gondola were successfully carried out with a cup anemometer. According to the available literature, this is the first time a cup anemometer has been used in a stratospheric balloon mission. The results indicate the need to consider the horizontal wind speed from the balloon ascent phase for thermal calculations of the mission.

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Experimental validation of VOR (VHF Omni Range) navigation system for stratospheric flight

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VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Experimental Positioning for Stratospheric Vehicles

VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Experimental Positioning for Stratospheric Vehicles

A Survey of Localization Techniques for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Measuring Relative Wind Speeds in Stratospheric Balloons with Cup Anemometers: The TASEC-Lab Mission

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