Introduction	3
Chapter 1. Laws of motion of AES center of mass in the near-Earth space	14
1.1. General motion equation of material point in the outer space	-
1.2. Motion equation of AES center of mass near the Earth	16
1.3. Solution of motion equations of AES center of mass in the central gravitational field	23
1.4. Peculiarities of AES disturbed motion	33
1.5. Equations of mutual motion of SV in the near-Earth space	39
1.6. Influence of deviations in initial conditions on AES motion trajectory	42
1.7. General statement and solution principles of AES navigation problem using onboard measurements	54
Chapter 2. Statement and solution methods of AES orientation problems	62
2.1. General statement of AES orientation problems and selection of coordinate systems	-
2.2. Orientation parameters and kinematic equations of AES motion around the center of mass	67
2.3. Possible solution algorithms for orientation kinematic equations	74
Chapter 3. Sources of primary navigation information for solution of AES navigation and orientation problems	80
3.1. General characteristic of primary navigation information sources	-
3.2. Inertial sources of primary navigation information	85
3.3. Astronomical sources of primary navigation information	92
3.4. Possibilities to use some physical fields for AES navigation and orientation	105
3.5. Satellite navigation systems	109
3.6. Land command-and-measurement complexes	117
Chapter 4. Methods for determining AES orbit parameters at minimum amount of primary navigation information	121
4.1. Problems of determining orbit parameters with the use of minimum amount of information	-
4.2. Determining position vector by measurements of zenith distances of two stars and flight altitude	127
4.3. Refinement of the position vector by measurements of primary navigation parameters	131
4.4. Determination of orbit parameters by measurements of the vector in several points	137
Chapter 5. Statistical methods for estimation of AES orbit parameters and orientation	146
5.1. General statement of determination problems for AES orbit parameters and orientation in statistical methods of information processing	-
5.2. General procedure of information processing by statistical methods	151
5.3. Peculiarities of statistical processing methods application at estimating orbit parameters	172
Chapter 6. AES inertial navigation and orientation systems	178
6.1. Construction principles and classification of AES inertial navigation and orientation systems	-
6.2. Functioning algorithms of AES strapdown inertial navigation systems in orientation mode (on passive flight phases)	206
6.3. Operation algorithms of AES strapdown inertial systems in navigation and orientation problem solution mode on active flight phases	222
Chapter 7. AES integrated onboard navigation and orientation systems	228
7.1. Structure, arrangement and composition of integrated onboard navigation and orientation systems for AES	-
7.2. Astroinertial measuring unit	234
7.3. Functioning algorithms of integrated strapdown inertial navigation and orientation systems (SINOS) in orientation mode	249
7.4. Algorithms of SINOS drift astrocorrection in orientation mode	263
7.5. Algorithms for solution of navigation and orientation problems in emergency conditions	270
Chapter 8. Methods for accuracy estimation of AES navigation and orientation problems solution by onboard autonomous systems	276
8.1. Problems and possible ways of accuracy estimation of AES navigation and orientation problems solution	-
8.2. General procedure for navigation accuracy estimation at processing by the method of least squares	280
8.3. Ways and possibilities of obtaining analytical accuracy estimates by using the results of statistical processing of discrete measurements	283
8.4. Methods for accuracy estimation of AES navigation and orientation problems solution by imitation mathematical simulation	307
Conclusions	319
References	320