Abstract:A simplified algorithm of beam pointing angle for on-board antenna was introduced. The algorithm established the inertial coordinate system which coincided with the CGCS2000 coordinate system at the current time, and the direct transformation from CGCS2000 coordinate system to the orbit coordinate system was realized. Compared with the general on-board beam pointing algorithm, the proposed algorithm does not need to calculate the time-varying conversion matrix from J2000 inertial coordinate system to CGCS2000 coordinate system, and does not need to consider the calculation error caused by the selection of the nutation-precession model and the pole shift model. The simulation results show that the calculation errors of the two algorithms are in the meter level, and the simplified algorithm greatly reduces the times of multiplication and addition, and can meet the needs of on-board calculation in terms of calculation error and calculation amount.