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Novel Algorithm for Tracking LEO Satellites Using Doppler Frequency Shift Technique

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Communication between satellite and ground station requires the antenna to be directly towards satellite for telemetery and telecommand data exchange. Hence, role of satellite tracking is clear. There are various techniques for satellite tracking. In this paper, Doppler technique for tracking LEO satellites from a ground station is discussed. This technique is a precise, beneficial and easy method compared with others. First, Doppler shift is obtained using TLE and equations governing on satellites and their orbit. Then this Doppler shift is compared with an obtained Doppler shift called practical Doppler shift which is obtained via a radio receiver at the ground station. This comparison leads to a tracking error which is removed in control loop by auto tracking process. Hence tracking angles are created with no error leading to a precise satellite tracking. This method acts as software in the loop which performs the act of satellite tracking.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran

    Hossein Rouzegar

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mehrzad Nasirian

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Ghanbarisabagh

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Rouzegar, H., Nasirian, M. & Ghanbarisabagh, M. Novel Algorithm for Tracking LEO Satellites Using Doppler Frequency Shift Technique. Wireless Pers Commun 96, 2161–2178 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-017-4291-3

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