An efficient and robust singular value method for star pattern recognition and attitude determination Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • A new star pattern recognition method is developed using singular value decomposition of a measured unit column vector matrix in a measurement frame and the corresponding cataloged vector matrix in a reference frame. It is shown that singular values and right singular vectors are invariant with respect to coordinate transformation and robust under uncertainty. One advantage of singular value comparison is that a pairing process for individual measured and cataloged stars is not necessary, and the attitude estimation and pattern recognition process are not separated. An associated method for mission catalog design is introduced and simulation results are presented.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

  • Juang, J. N., Kim, H. Y., & Junkins, J. L.

citation count

  • 28

complete list of authors

  • Juang, JN||Kim, HY||Junkins, JL

publication date

  • March 2004