Evaluation of the feasibility of determining topocentric equatorial coordinates of satellites by the use of a CCD star sensor
Abstract
A method for determining the topocentric equatorial coordinates of a satellite using a CCD star sensor is proposed. The method is used to determine the admissible rms errors of the measurement of the rectangular coordinates of reference stars and the satellite in the plane of the CCD array. These calculated errors are used in evaluating the parameters of the optical system of a CCD star sensor.
- Publication:
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Priborostroenie
- Pub Date:
- February 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984Prib...27...52G
- Keywords:
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- Ccd Star Tracker;
- Equatorial Orbits;
- Geocentric Coordinates;
- Guidance Sensors;
- Optical Tracking;
- Satellite Tracking;
- Astronomical Coordinates;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Reference Stars;
- Root-Mean-Square Errors;
- Space Navigation;
- Tracking Stations;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking