The feasibility of a novel standalone spacecraft attitude sensor, capable of estimating the full three axis orientation of an Earth-orbiting satellite is investigated in this paper. The underlying idea is that by capturing from space a sequence of images of the Earth surface (in the visible bands) and elaborating them in pairs, S/C attitude could be reconstructed. The following project steps were followed in about two years and are thoroughly discussed in the paper: selection of enabling technologies, definition of the attitude determination algorithm, numerical simulations followed by an acquisition campaign on a experimental test-bed.
A. Bevilacqua, C. Bianchi, L. Carozza, A. Gherardi, N. Melega, D. Modenini, et al. (2010). STANDALONE THREE-AXIS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION FROM EARTH IMAGES. SAN DIEGO : Univelt, Inc..
STANDALONE THREE-AXIS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION FROM EARTH IMAGES
BEVILACQUA, ALESSANDRO;CAROZZA, LUDOVICO;GHERARDI, ALESSANDRO;MELEGA, NICOLA;MODENINI, DARIO;TORTORA, PAOLO
2010
Abstract
The feasibility of a novel standalone spacecraft attitude sensor, capable of estimating the full three axis orientation of an Earth-orbiting satellite is investigated in this paper. The underlying idea is that by capturing from space a sequence of images of the Earth surface (in the visible bands) and elaborating them in pairs, S/C attitude could be reconstructed. The following project steps were followed in about two years and are thoroughly discussed in the paper: selection of enabling technologies, definition of the attitude determination algorithm, numerical simulations followed by an acquisition campaign on a experimental test-bed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
