Acquisition, Doppler Tracking, and Positioning With Starlink LEO Satellites: First Results

Abstract

This letter shows the first acquisition, Doppler tracking, and positioning results with Starlink's low Earth orbit satellite signals. A generalized-likelihood-ratio-based test is proposed to acquire Starlink's downlink signals. A Kalman-filter-based algorithm for tracking the Doppler frequency from the unknown Starlink signals is developed. Experimental results show Doppler tracking of six Starlink satellites, achieving a horizontal positioning error of 10 m.