Lunar Navigation — Navigation, Positioning, Timing & Autonomous Mobility — Satellize

2.9Subsection · 5 applications

Lunar Navigation

Engineers seated at screens displaying orbital trajectory data in a mission control room — Earth rises over the lunar surface, the very view that inspires satellite systems guiding future human navigation across the Moon.

How Satellites Guide Lunar Navigation

1
Lunar Orbiter
Relay satellite circles Moon at 100 km
2
Deep-Space Link
X-band signal bridges 384,000 km gap
3
Ground Processing
Doppler ranging solves position to metres
4
Lander / Rover
Receives corrected coordinates autonomously

A lunar relay orbiter bridges deep-space signals to ground processors, delivering metre-level positioning to surface rovers autonomously.

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Subsection 2.9 — Navigation, Positioning, Timing & Autonomous Mobility

Lunar Navigation

5 applications.

Applications

2.9.1 Lunar Positioning Systems — A sovereign lunar navigation constellation providing continuous positioning, navigation and timing signals to any asset operating on or around the Moon.
2.9.2 Cislunar Navigation — Providing continuous, sovereign positioning and timing services throughout the Earth-Moon volume, covering translunar trajectories, libration-point orbits, and lunar approach corridors.
2.9.3 Moon Rover Navigation — Providing continuous, sovereign-controlled positioning and terrain-relative navigation for lunar surface rovers operating beyond Earth-based line-of-sight.
2.9.4 Lunar Landing Guidance — Providing real-time, high-precision radio navigation and terrain-relative guidance signals to spacecraft during the final powered descent to the lunar surface.
2.9.5 Deep Space Navigation — Providing autonomous, sovereign-controlled navigation references for spacecraft operating beyond cislunar space, from the Sun-Earth L2 point out to interplanetary trajectories.