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*OpenXNAV is an Open Source, modular toolkit for simulating high-fidelity pulsar X-ray events.*

## **Introduction to OpenXNAV**

OpenXNAV is designed to aid development and testing of Pulsar-based Autonomous Navigation (XNAV) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions.

**You can access our full documentation:** <br />
**[https://jhuapl.github.io/OpenXNAV/](https://jhuapl.github.io/OpenXNAV/)**

**You can read our IEEE paper to learn more:** <br />
**[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10139942](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10139942)** <br />
_Note: OpenXNAV was previously named Pulsar-Leveraged Autonomous Navigation Testbed System (PLANTS)_


## Support
If you have questions, suggestions, or require assistance with OpenXNAV, please email: **OpenXNAV@jhuapl.edu**


## Authors

This work was created by the following contributors, with funding from The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab via the Building Leaders, Accelerating Science & Technology (BLAST) Innovation Program:


_Sarah Hasnain_ <br />
_Michael Berkson_ <br />
_Sharon Maguire_ <br />
_Evan Sun_ <br />
_Katie Zaback_ <br />

## Cite This Work

If you use any component of the OpenXNAV library, please include the following attribution statement: <br /> 
> _This software derives from OpenXNAV (https://github.com/JHUAPL/OpenXNAV) software developed by The Johns 	Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory._
	
You can also cite our IEEE paper (BibTeX citation included below): <br /> 
`
@INPROCEEDINGS{10139942, 
author={Hasnain, Sarah and Berkson, Michael and Maguire, Sharon and Sun, Evan and Zaback, Katie},
booktitle={2023 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS)},
title={Pulsar-Leveraged Autonomous Navigation Testbed System (PLANTS): A Low-Cost Software-Hardware Hybrid Testbed for Pulsar-based Autonomous Navigation (XNAV) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Solutions}, 
year={2023}, 
volume={}, 
number={}, 
pages={1286-1292}, 
doi={10.1109/PLANS53410.2023.10139942}}
`


## License
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