An onboard star catalog for satellite angular attitude estimation

Ivan Kruzhilov; Andrey Chernetsov; Andrei Zakharov; Svyatoslav Kruzhilov

doi:10.1117/12.2271217

29 September 2017 An onboard star catalog for satellite angular attitude estimation

Ivan Kruzhilov, Andrey Chernetsov, Andrei Zakharov, Svyatoslav Kruzhilov

Proceedings Volume 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI; 104231V (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271217
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Accuracy assessment of the satellite remote sensing depends on the angular attitude estimation precision. The 1 arc second error in attitude estimation causes 2.5-meter error in the accuracy derived from remote sensing data for the 500 km orbit. Different kind of momentum wheels, propulsions and sensors help correct spacecraft torque moment to stabilize it in the orbit. Star tracker is the most precise optical sensor for spacecraft angular attitude estimation. An onboard guide star catalog containing data for star pattern identification is essential for star tracker operating. The total number of stars, the faintest stellar magnitude, completeness and uniformity are the key specifications of a star catalog influencing many characteristic of a star tracker. The steps of creating guide star catalog are: instrumental stellar magnitude estimation with respect to the star tracker spectral response, clusterization of nearby stars, removing of unreliable stars and final star selection. An iterative algorithm for thinning down the catalog allows reducing appreciably the number of stars in the catalog and improving its uniformity. The key point of the algorithm is the lower bound evaluation of star number in the FOV (field of view) for every boresight position within a triangle area. The algorithm uses recursive quaternary division of the icosahedron for the celestial sphere tessellation. The correction methods of stellar aberration and star proper motion are discussed as well.

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Ivan Kruzhilov, Andrey Chernetsov, Andrei Zakharov, and Svyatoslav Kruzhilov "An onboard star catalog for satellite angular attitude estimation", Proc. SPIE 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI, 104231V (29 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271217

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