Cislunar space is an increasingly important venue for all kinds of missions, and one of the many challenges facing those operations is the difficulty of precise navigation. An Aerospace-NASA collaboration attempts to address this difficulty, and the resulting framework is available to anyone through the tech transfer process.

You can read the article explaining the details here, but the gist is this. The new system combines two advanced technologies: our cutting-edge inverted position, navigation, and timing (iPNT) system, and the latter's flight-proven Goddard Enhanced Onboard Navigation System (GEONS).

iPNT, true to its name, is like an extra-powerful GPS signal sent from the surface of the Earth rather than geosynchronous orbit, reducingn reliance on unreliable satellite signals. GEONS, meanwhile, is a tried-and-true real-time navigation method that has been updated to use this new signal to help determine exact position.

“The success of this collaboration underscores the excitement and potential within the cislunar domain for both civilian and government missions,” said Andre Doumitt, Aerospace’s director of Emerging Programs. You can read more at the links below.