Planet or moon image processing for spacecraft attitude estimation Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper presents the summary of the image processing of a vision-based three-axis attitude determination sensor, which observes a solar system oblate body such as a planet or a planet's moon. From the observed image it is possible to extract two independent directions and, consequently, to estimate the three-axis spacecraft attitude. By measuring two independent directions, the sensor can operate in a stand-alone configuration. In this paper, algorithms to determine the required parameters using the observed image are briefly described. Sensitivity is investigated by giving correlation results associated with image translation and rotation, two required process to derive the sensor attitude data.

authors

• Mortari, Daniele

published proceedings

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

author list (cited authors)

• Park, K. J., & Mortari, D.

complete list of authors

• Park, KJ||Mortari, D

publication date

• December 2006

published in

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0877035288

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780877035282

start page

• 145

end page

• 162

volume

• 124 I