
Understanding Satellite Navigation
Rajat Acharya(Author)
Academic Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
450 pages
978-0-443-36432-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-36432-7 (9780443364327)
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Additional editions

MSc Acharya BSc
Understanding Satellite Navigation
E-Book
02/2026
2nd Edition
Academic Press
€140.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Rajat Acharya
Understanding Satellite Navigation
Book
10/2018
Academic Press
€97.80
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Person
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).
Content
1. Introduction to Navigation
2. Satellite Navigation
3. Satellites in Orbit
4. Navigation Signals
5. Navigation Receivers
6. Navigation Solutions
7. Errors, Impairments and Mitigations
8. Differential Positioning and Augmentation
9. Special Topics
10. Security, Reliability and Integrity of GNSS
11. Applications and Services
2. Satellite Navigation
3. Satellites in Orbit
4. Navigation Signals
5. Navigation Receivers
6. Navigation Solutions
7. Errors, Impairments and Mitigations
8. Differential Positioning and Augmentation
9. Special Topics
10. Security, Reliability and Integrity of GNSS
11. Applications and Services