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An artificial neural network (ANN) inspired model for satellite navigation is proposed by Mathew C. Wilkinson & Andrew J. Meade. Sequential Function Approximation (SFA) is used to develop an ANN that learns the effect of an engine burn through the variation of its magnitude and direction of burn on the flight path of the spacecraft. The result is compared to the desired state, the subsequent error parameter is used to constantly tweak the neuron parameters. SFA effectively trains its own neuron arrangement through an iterative process of observing the neuron parameter change’s effect on the error parameter. This approach was proven to more computationally efficient than computing dynamics equation or creating a neural map at once.