New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application

A new algorithm for estimating the angular velocity using quaternion measurements is developed based on the concept of the global optimality resulting when using a centralized or master Kalman filter. The new filter consists of three local Kalman filters run in parallel. Each of them feed a mas...

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Main Authors: Abdelrahman, Mohammad, Samaan, Malak A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
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author Abdelrahman, Mohammad
Samaan, Malak A.
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description A new algorithm for estimating the angular velocity using quaternion measurements is developed based on the concept of the global optimality resulting when using a centralized or master Kalman filter. The new filter consists of three local Kalman filters run in parallel. Each of them feed a master filter with its output estimates. The master filter then runs for global optimal estimate of the angular velocity. The master filter estimate and error covariance is fed back to update a main Kalman filter which in turn fed back its estimates to update two other secondary Kalman filters. The new algorithm performance is investigated and tested against other two filters and has shown much better results when using in both modes (quaternion measurement/low pass filter). The study is concluded by the application of the concept of estimating the angular velocity vector during the detumbling mode of a spacecraft. The simulation results have shown great improvements in the detumbling efficiency since under the same control torque constraints the spacecraft derived to almost null angular velocity in a shorter time than when using the traditional control approaches applied during this mode.
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spelling iium-233172012-05-25T06:57:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23317/ New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application Abdelrahman, Mohammad Samaan, Malak A. TL787 Astronautics A new algorithm for estimating the angular velocity using quaternion measurements is developed based on the concept of the global optimality resulting when using a centralized or master Kalman filter. The new filter consists of three local Kalman filters run in parallel. Each of them feed a master filter with its output estimates. The master filter then runs for global optimal estimate of the angular velocity. The master filter estimate and error covariance is fed back to update a main Kalman filter which in turn fed back its estimates to update two other secondary Kalman filters. The new algorithm performance is investigated and tested against other two filters and has shown much better results when using in both modes (quaternion measurement/low pass filter). The study is concluded by the application of the concept of estimating the angular velocity vector during the detumbling mode of a spacecraft. The simulation results have shown great improvements in the detumbling efficiency since under the same control torque constraints the spacecraft derived to almost null angular velocity in a shorter time than when using the traditional control approaches applied during this mode. 2006-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23317/1/Pages_from_Sp_Issue.pdf Abdelrahman, Mohammad and Samaan, Malak A. (2006) New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application. Journal of Automatic Control and System Engineering (ACSE), 6 (Sp.). pp. 13-18.
spellingShingle TL787 Astronautics
Abdelrahman, Mohammad
Samaan, Malak A.
New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title_full New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title_fullStr New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title_full_unstemmed New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title_short New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application
title_sort new algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate estimation and its application
topic TL787 Astronautics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23317/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23317/1/Pages_from_Sp_Issue.pdf