XNAV Beyond the Moon

In 2006, Microcosm executed a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project for NASA exploring applications for XNAV beyond geosynchronous orbit. This paper provides a brief overview of the basic principles of XNAV, followed by a discussion of elements of the navigation error budget. Then various applications will be explored, including Earth-Sun L2, planetary and very deep space missions. Performance comparisons relative to current solutions are presented.