An exemplary system and method are disclosed for a standalone vision-based system for autonomous online navigation, e.g., around an unknown target small body. The exemplary system (also referred to as AstroSLAM) is predicated on the formulation of the SLAM problem as an incrementally growing factor graph. Using the GTSAM library and the iSAM2 engine, the exemplary system and method combine sensor fusion with the prior orbital motion to provide navigation and parameter estimation that improves the performance over a baseline SLAM implementation. The exemplary system and method can incorporate orbital motion constraints into the factor graph by devising a relative dynamics factor that can link the relative pose of the spacecraft to the problem of predicting trajectories stemming from the motion of the spacecraft in the vicinity of the small body.


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    Title :

    AUTONOMOUS ONLINE NAVIGATION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN THE VICINITY OF SMALL CELESTIAL BODIES


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    Publication date :

    2024-05-16


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / G06V



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