Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering

In this paper we present a method for attitude determination using star tracker sensor measurements and Kalman filter. A contingency attitude determination mode is required in the event of a primary sensor failure. Presented here are the sensor modeling and Kalman filtering portions of the Atti...

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Main Authors: Samaan, Malak A., Abdelrahman, Mohammad
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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description In this paper we present a method for attitude determination using star tracker sensor measurements and Kalman filter. A contingency attitude determination mode is required in the event of a primary sensor failure. Presented here are the sensor modeling and Kalman filtering portions of the Attitude Determination System (ADS) study. The paper is conducted with the purpose of evaluating the performance of a satellite ADS design. The measurement sensors are central and primary to the attitude pointing capability. We study in this paper a satellite equipped with both star sensors and rate measuring gyroscopes to perform the attitude determination. This assessment was done by using Monte Carlo methods to simulate these sensors. Using only star measurements an optimal satellite orientation estimate is found using the method of least squares, and the particular algorithm invoked is referred to ESOQ2 method. A successful Kalman filter algorithm for autonomous attitude determination is developed herein. This algorithm utilizes the three axis rate gyros for the satellite angular rate data and star camera line-of-sight measurements.
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spelling iium-233182012-05-25T07:04:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23318/ Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering Samaan, Malak A. Abdelrahman, Mohammad TL787 Astronautics In this paper we present a method for attitude determination using star tracker sensor measurements and Kalman filter. A contingency attitude determination mode is required in the event of a primary sensor failure. Presented here are the sensor modeling and Kalman filtering portions of the Attitude Determination System (ADS) study. The paper is conducted with the purpose of evaluating the performance of a satellite ADS design. The measurement sensors are central and primary to the attitude pointing capability. We study in this paper a satellite equipped with both star sensors and rate measuring gyroscopes to perform the attitude determination. This assessment was done by using Monte Carlo methods to simulate these sensors. Using only star measurements an optimal satellite orientation estimate is found using the method of least squares, and the particular algorithm invoked is referred to ESOQ2 method. A successful Kalman filter algorithm for autonomous attitude determination is developed herein. This algorithm utilizes the three axis rate gyros for the satellite angular rate data and star camera line-of-sight measurements. 2006-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23318/1/Pages_from_Sp_Issue_%281%29.pdf Samaan, Malak A. and Abdelrahman, Mohammad (2006) Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering. Journal of Automatic Control and System Engineering, 6 (Sp.). pp. 5-11.
spellingShingle TL787 Astronautics
Samaan, Malak A.
Abdelrahman, Mohammad
Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title_full Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title_fullStr Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title_full_unstemmed Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title_short Satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
title_sort satellite attitude determination utilizing measurement sensor data and kalman filtering
topic TL787 Astronautics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23318/
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