A Survey of Several Common Navigation Methods for Spacecrafts

Spacecraft work beyond the earth’s atmosphere. With the development of aerospace industry, missions of spacecrafts are becoming more and more complex. So spacecrafts need more efficient and accurate navigation system to help their works. Every navigation system has its advantages and disadvantages. This paper summarizes several common navigation methods and their characteristics, and the application of different navigation methods, as well as their trend of future development.