Star Sensor Based Spacecraft Angular Rate Estimation Independent of Attitude Determination

Pal, Madhumita and Bhat, Seetharama M (2013) Star Sensor Based Spacecraft Angular Rate Estimation Independent of Attitude Determination. In: IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), AUG 28-30, 2013, Hyderabad, INDIA, pp. 580-585.

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Abstract

A star sensor based new method for estimation of satellite angular rates through derivative approach is proposed. The method is based on ``optic flow'' of star image patterns formed on a star sensor array. The satellite angular rates are derived directly from the 2D-coordinates of star images. Therefore, the proposed algorithm is computationally efficient in the category of vector derivative approach, where there is no need for star identification. The noisy character of estimated angular rates is alleviated by employing a simple linear time invariant Kalman Filter.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Series.:	IEEE International Conference on Control Applications
Publisher:	IEEE, NEW YORK, USA
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Hyderabad, INDIA, AUG 28-30, 2013
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2016 10:20
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2016 10:20
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/54597

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