Attitude and interlock angle estimation for the GIFTS mission Conference Paper

abstract

• An efficient Kaiman filter based algorithm has been proposed for the spacecraft attitude estimation problem for the EO-3 GIFTS mission using split field of view star camera and 3-axis rate gyros. The conventional spacecraft attitude algorithm has been modified for on-orbit estimation of interlock angles between two FOV's, gyro axis and spacecraft body frame. The real time estimation of the interlock angles will make it robust to thermal and environmental effects unlike in ground estimation.

authors

• Junkins, John

published proceedings

• Spaceflight Mechanics 2004, Vol 119, Pt 1-3

author list (cited authors)

• Singla, P., Griffith, T., & Junkins, J. L.

complete list of authors

• Singla, P||Griffith, T||Junkins, JL

publication date

• August 2005

published in

• Spaceflight Mechanics 2005, Vol 120, Pts 1 and 2  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-87703-515-6

start page

• 301

end page

• 324

volume

• 119

issue

• SUPPL.