System for distributed verification of satellite position

A method for implementing a protocol associated with a distributed satellite position verification system, comprising:

• estimating, by a positioning system, a current position of a satellite at a current instance of time;
• participating, by a transceiver, in a telemetric exchange with one or more other satellites;
• generating, by a processor coupled with stored instructions implementing the protocol, a report for recording the estimated current position of the satellite;
• verifying, by the processor, records of positions of the one or more other satellites in the distributed satellite position verification system including a first satellite, a second satellite, and a third satellite, wherein:
• the first satellite is configured for performing a first operation, the second satellite is configured for performing a second operation, the third satellite is configured for performing a third operation, wherein according to the protocol, the satellite is configured for performing, at different time instances, the first operation, the second operation, or the third operation to act as the first satellite, the second satellite, or the third satellite respectively, and wherein according to protocol, the first satellite is configured for verifying at least some positions in the records of positions of the second satellite by performing the first operation, such that the first satellite is configured for:
• determining a verified position of the second satellite by participating in the telemetric exchange with the second satellite and the third satellite;
• calculating a deviation between the verified position of the second satellite and a prior estimated position of the second satellite;
• and
• recording the verified position into the records of positions of the second satellite, based on the calculated deviation.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium embodied thereon a program executable by a satellite for performing a method associated with a distributed satellite position verification system, the method comprising:

• estimating, by a positioning system, a current position of the satellite at a current instance of time;
• participating, by a transceiver, in a telemetric exchange with one or more other satellites;
• generating, by a processor coupled with stored instructions implementing the protocol, a report for recording the estimated current position of the satellite;
• verifying, by the processor, records of positions of the one or more other satellites in the distributed satellite position verification system including a first satellite, a second satellite, and a third satellite, wherein:
• the first satellite is configured for performing a first operation, the second satellite is configured for performing a second operation, the third satellite is configured for performing a third operation, wherein according to the protocol, the satellite is configured for performing, at different time instances, the first operation, the second operation, or the third operation to act as the first satellite, the second satellite, or the third satellite respectively, and wherein according to protocol, the first satellite is configured for verifying at least some positions in the records of positions of the second satellite by performing the first operation, such that the first satellite is configured for:
• determining a verified position of the second satellite by participating in the telemetric exchange with the second satellite and the third satellite;
• calculating a deviation between the verified position of the second satellite and a prior estimated position of the second satellite;
• and
• recording the verified position into the records of positions of the second satellite, based on the calculated deviation.