Satellite Attitude Determination Using a CCD (Charge-Coupled-Device) Star Camera.

Abstract

The star tracker experiment will demonstrate accurate, near real time, autonomous satellite attitude determination using a state-of-the-art charge-coupled-device star camera. The experiment will fly on a NASA spacecraft, designed to carry and support experimental payloads, and launched for a 40-hour mission from the space shuttle, and then retrieved for return to earth. The new camera and attitude software represent a significant step toward spacecraft autonomy. The experiment design and algorithm are discussed, along with a brief description of the data analysis plans. Features needed to improve the system to support a mapping application are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1987
Accession Number
ADA192662

Entities

People

  • Connie Gray

Organizations

  • Geospatial Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cameras
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Satellite Orientation
  • Space Shuttles
  • Spacecraft
  • Star Position
  • Star Trackers
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers