Introducing SOST: An ultra-low-cost star tracker concept based on a raspberry pi and open-source astronomy software

ST Gutiérrez, CI Fuentes, MA Díaz - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Absolute attitude estimation sensors provide high accuracy pointing capabilities to
spacecraft, but as developed thus far, they constitute a large fraction of CubeSat mission's …

Image-based control for rendezvous and synchronization with a tumbling space debris

X Zhao, MR Emami, S Zhang - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the problem of concurrent rendezvous and attitude synchronization
with a tumbling space debris. A novel formulation of the system dynamics model is first …

UAV attitude estimation based on MARG and optical flow sensors using gated recurrent unit

X Liu, X Li, Q Shi, C Xu, Y Tang - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Three-dimensional attitude estimation for unmanned aerial vehicles is usually based on the
combination of magnetometer, accelerometer, and gyroscope (MARG). But MARG sensor …

An innovative strategy for accurate thermal compensation of Gyro Bias in inertial units by exploiting a novel Augmented Kalman Filter

R Fontanella, D Accardo, RSL Moriello, L Angrisani… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an innovative model for integrating thermal compensation of gyro bias
error into an augmented state Kalman filter. The developed model is applied in the Zero …

Effective star tracking method based on optical flow analysis for star trackers

T Sun, F **ng, X Wang, J Li, M Wei, Z You - Applied optics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Benefiting from rapid development of imaging sensor technology, modern optical
technology, and a high-speed computing chip, the star tracker's accuracy, dynamic …

Investigation of Perturbations Arising from Temperature Shock with a Symmetrical Arrangement of Flexible Elements of a Small Spacecraft

A Bormotov, D Orlov - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the effect of a temperature shock on a small spacecraft with
symmetrically arranged flexible elements. A two-dimensional thermoelasticity problem is …

A geometrical approach for the angular velocity determination using a star sensor

D Spiller, F Curti - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a geometrical investigation of the star sensor image is performed under
dynamic conditions where the angular velocity effects are non-negligible. It is shown that …

A new star tracker concept for satellite attitude determination based on a multi-purpose panoramic camera

R Opromolla, G Fasano, G Rufino, M Grassi… - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an innovative algorithm developed for attitude determination of a space
platform. The algorithm exploits images taken from a multi-purpose panoramic camera …

Real‐Time Hardware‐in‐the‐Loop Tests of Star Tracker Algorithms

G Rufino, D Accardo, M Grassi… - International Journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with star tracker algorithms validation based on star field scene simulation
and hardware‐in‐the‐loop test configuration. A laboratory facility for indoor tests, based on …

Kinematic model for the space-variant image motion of star sensors under dynamical conditions

CS Liu, LH Hu, GB Liu, B Yang, AJ Li - Optical Engineering, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A kinematic description of a star spot in the focal plane is presented for star sensors under
dynamical conditions, which involves all necessary parameters such as the image motion …