Passive Positioning of Flying Object With Microwave Signals From LEO Satellites: Concept and Preliminary Simulation Results

Along with the deployment of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations for global Internet services, Ku, Ka or V band microwave signals will be available from space anywhere on Earth. Utilizing signals, a new approach to positioning flying objects passively is proposed, and diffraction model characterize impact object intensity received presented. A linear Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) based estimator then employed position passively. Preliminary 2D simulation results are used validate effectiveness proposed method.