A CCD star camera used for satellite attitude determination
Abstract
The star tracker experiment will demonstrate near real-time, autonomous satellite attitude determination, accurate to one arcsecond, using a state-of-the-art charge-coupled-device star camera. The experiment will fly as an experiment on a NASA spacecraft which will be launched for a 40 hour mission from the Space Shuttle and later retrieved for return to earth. The new camera and accompanying attitude software represent a significant step toward spacecraft autonomy. Extensive simulation software and hardware were developed for testing the experiment in different configurations during the project. The experiment design and algorithms are discussed as well as the simulation strategy, equipment and software.
- Publication:
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1988 20th Annual Summer Computer Simulation Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988scos.conf..241S
- Keywords:
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- Cameras;
- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Real Time Operation;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Spartan Satellites;
- Star Trackers;
- Airborne/Spaceborne Computers;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Focal Plane Devices;
- Software Tools;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation