Understanding Satellite Navigation - Softcover

Acharya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 044336432X ISBN 13: 9780443364327

Publisher: Academic Press, 2026

Synopsis

Understanding Satellite Navigation, Second Edition presents the foundational principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without resorting to complex equations. By emphasizing first principles, the book guides readers through each concept using practical demonstrations and fully worked examples, allowing theory to emerge organically. A
comprehensive suite of MATLAB simulations illuminates how signals and systems respond to different configurations, transforming abstract ideas into visible, interactive models. Implementation strategies and real-world applications are woven throughout, alongside in-depth treatments of special topics such as Space Weather, the Kalman Filter, and ionospheric dynamics.

• Lucidly explains the fundamentals of satellite navigation systems, using MATLAB as a visualization and problem-solving tool
• Worked-out numerical problems are provided to aid practical understanding
• Online support provides MATLAB scripts for simulation exercises and MATLAB-based solutions, standard algorithms, and PowerPoint slides

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Rajat Acharya is a Senior Scientist at the Space Applications Centre, a key unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With over two decades of involvement in India’s satellite navigation programs―GAGAN and NavIC―he has significant contributions in ionospheric modelling and space weather research. Dr. Acharya serves as Course Director for GNSS and SATCOM at the UN-affiliated Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). He has also been a Visiting Professor at Gujarat University, where he taught postgraduate courses in Geo-informatics and Satellite Navigation. Dr. Rajat Acharya regularly teaches Space Weather at the postgraduate level and has written extensively, authoring other popular books on the subject. He also represented India as Co-Chair of Working Group-C during the sessions of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG).

From the Back Cover

Understanding Satellite Navigation, 2nd edition explains the basic principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without complex equations. It helps you to conceptualize the underlying theory from first principles, building up your knowledge gradually using practical demonstrations and worked examples. A full range of MATLAB simulations is used to visualize concepts and solve problems, allowing you to see what happens to signals and systems with different configurations. Implementation and applications are discussed, along with some special topics such as Space Weather, Kalman Filter and Ionosphere.

New content in this edition:

• Compatibility and Interoperability of the systems (considering the current trend of combining all the individual systems for enhanced performance)
• Impairments like Jamming and Spoofing (considering the integrity requirements of GNSS as the systems are now used in various critical applications)
• Space Service Volume Applications (considering its utility towards futuristic usages)
• Space weather effect on GNSS (considering its effective influence in macro and mesoscale variation)

* New chapter entitled Reliability and Security of GNSS * Links the general theory to practical implementation of systems With this book the reader will learn:

• How a satellite navigation system works
• How different independent systems can be combined to increase accuracy
• How to use MATLAB for simulation, helping to visualize concepts
• Current trends and implementation approaches for the technology, including the related impairments and ways to mitigate them
• The most recent services and applications of GNSS like PPP, Lunar PNT etc.
• How interplanetary space conditions affect the system

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 044336432X
• ISBN 13: 9780443364327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 454