====== pNav2 - Pico Satellite GPS Receiver ======
==== Features ====
* GPS L1 C/A navigation receiver for CubeSats
* Low size and weight compatible with 1U CubeSat
* Low power consumption
* Radiation-tolerant design -> long live in LEO
* 15 channels
* DSP acquisition unit for satellite acquiring acceleration
* Deduced reckoning when losing the GPS satellites
* Customizable data exchange protocol
* Extended NMEA protocol
* Easy to process binary protocol
* Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed position and velocity vectors
* Easy to integrate antenna kit
* Development kit
* Evaluation software
* Engineering model and Flight model licences
* Flight heritage
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* Easy to integrate GPS L1 Antenna
* Patch antenna
* Antenna Cap
* LNA
* Test panel
* Small dimensions
* Low power consumption
* No special knowledge for integration
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====== pNav2 Design Requirements ======
==== Original pNav Design Requirements ====
* The CubeSat navigation receiver should be as simple as possible.
* It should integrate all necessary parts for navigation in the LEO Orbit
* It should be compatible with a 1U CubeSat platform, ie, power consumption should be a fraction of the power budget of 1U satellite. The receiver should be small and light.
* The applied signal and measurement processing algorithms should be simple and very robust
==== + New Design Requirements ====
* Rapid Cold Start and satellite reaqusition
* Continuous positioning of a rotating (unstabilized) 1U CubeSat
* Easy integration into the satellite