Patent — available for licensing
GPS-Enhanced Onboard Navigation System (GEONS)
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center invites companies to license its GEONS flight software package that provides onboard orbit determination and control in real time, with higher accuracy, without human intervention, and while requiring minimal onboard computing resources. It substantially improves definitive and predictive accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver point solution fixes, achieving accuracies of at least 20 meters and 3 cm/sec. GEONS was developed by researchers at Goddard to meet technology needs for: increased satellite autonomy, support for collaborative science missions, GPS navigation to satellites with limited GPS visibility (e.g., high-Earth and geosynchronous missions), and proposed formation flying/constellation missions.