The star tracker experiment will demonstrate accurate, near real time, autonomous satellite attitude determination using a state-of-the-art charge-coupled-device star camera. The experiment will fly on a NASA spacecraft, designed to carry and support experimental payloads, and launched for a 40-hour mission from the space shuttle, and then retrieved for return to earth. The new camera and attitude software represent a significant step toward spacecraft autonomy. The experiment design and algorithm are discussed, along with a brief description of the data analysis plans. Features needed to improve the system to support a mapping application are also discussed.
Satellite Attitude Determination Using a CCD (Charge-Coupled-Device) Star Camera
1987
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Astronautics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Satellite attitude , Star trackers , Algorithms , Attitude(Inclination) , Autonomous navigation , Cameras , Charge coupled devices , Computer programs , Determination , Mapping , Payload , Real time , Space shuttles , Spacecraft , Stars , State of the art , Astronomical cameras
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