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.

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.
2010
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series
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20
A. Bevilacqua; C. Bianchi; L. Carozza; A. Gherardi; N. Melega; D. Modenini; P. Tortora
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