Science requirements for the GLAS mission demand that the laser altimeter be pointed to within 50 m of the location of the previous repeat ground track. The satellite will be flown in a repeat orbit of 182 days. Operationally, the required pointing information will be determined on the ground using the nominal ground track, to which pointing is desired, and the current propagated orbit of the satellite as inputs to the roll computation algorithm developed by CCAR. The roll profile will be used to generate a set of fit coefficients which can be uploaded on a daily basis and used by the on-board attitude control system. In addition, an algorithm has been developed for computation of the associated command quaternions which will be necessary when pointing at targets of opportunity. It may be desirable in the future to perform the roll calculation in an autonomous real-time mode on-board the spacecraft. GPS can provide near real-time tracking of the satellite, and the nominal ground track can be stored in the on-board computer. It will be necessary to choose the spacing of this nominal ground track to meet storage requirements in the on-board environment. Several methods for generating the roll profile from a sparse reference ground track are presented.
GLAS Spacecraft Pointing Study
1998
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Algorithms , Attitude control , Spacecraft control , Laser altimeters , Airborne/spaceborne computers , Computer programs , Fly by wire control , Global positioning system , Spacecraft design , Spacecraft configurations , Real time operation , Ground tracks , Computerized simulation , Robustness(Mathematics) , Control simulation , Engine control
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