Review on gyroless attitude determination methods for small satellites

C Hajiyev, DC Guler - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
This study surveys the developments in the gyroless attitude determination system,
especially for small satellites. Two kinds of gyroless satellite attitude determination …

Robust Kalman filtering for small satellite attitude estimation in the presence of measurement faults

HE Soken, C Hajiyev, S Sakai - European Journal of Control, 2014 - Elsevier
In normal working conditions it is possible to achieve sufficient attitude estimation accuracy
for a satellite using regular Kalman filter algorithm. On the other hand, when there is a fault …

Gyro-free attitude and rate estimation for a small satellite using SVD and EKF

C Hajiyev, D Cilden, Y Somov - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development of a gyroless attitude determination system that can
rely on magnetometer and sun sensor measurements and achieve good accuracy. Vectors …

Nanosatellite attitude estimation using Kalman-type filters with non-Gaussian noise

D Cilden-Guler, M Raitoharju, R Piche… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to control the orientation of a satellite, it is important to estimate the attitude
accurately. Time series estimation is especially important in micro and nanosatellites, whose …

High spin rate magnetic controller for nanosatellites

A Slavinskis, U Kvell, E Kulu, I Sünter, H Kuuste, S Lätt… - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study of a high rate closed-loop spin controller that uses only
electromagnetic coils as actuators. The controller is able to perform spin rate control and …

Attitude and gyro bias estimation by SVD-aided EKF

C Hajiyev, D Cilden-Guler - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to estimate both angular state and rate gyro biases for a small satellite
having multiple attitude sensors. Singular value decomposition (SVD) aided Extended …

Satellite attitude estimation using SVD-Aided EKF with simultaneous process and measurement covariance adaptation

C Hajiyev, D Cilden-Guler - Advances in Space Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The attitude estimation of a spacecraft in low Earth orbit is considered with the design of two
different adaptation rules in the extended Kalman filter (EKF) algorithm. The adaptations are …

[LIBRO][B] Multisensor attitude estimation: fundamental concepts and applications

H Fourati, DEC Belkhiat - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
There has been an increasing interest in multi-disciplinary research on multisensor attitude
estimation technology driven by its versatility and diverse areas of application, such as …

Flight results of ESTCube-1 attitude determination system

A Slavinskis, H Ehrpais, H Kuuste, I Sünter… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the characterization and in-orbit validation of the ESTCube-1 attitude
determination system (ADS). ESTCube-1 is a one-unit CubeSat built by students and …

[HTML][HTML] The ITASAT cubesat development and design

V Carrara, RB Januzi, DH Makita… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Because they are inexpensive platforms for satellites, CubeSats have become a low-cost
way for universities and even develo** countries to have access to space technology. This …