Micro star tracker and attitude determination system Chapter

abstract

• A micro star tracker suitable for small spacecraft is designed combining a high quantum efficiency sensor with a high speed dedicated microcomputer and a lightweight high aperture optical system. Software developed for this camera features a star sub-catalog organization and access scheme designed to minimize search time. We discuss design tradeoffs and decisions that led to this design and indicate possible variations. Also presented are results from laboratory and night-sky experimentation that supports the efficacy and practicality of the new design and algorithms.

authors

• Junkins, John

author list (cited authors)

• Ju, G. Y., Kim, H. Y., Pollock, T., & Junkins, J.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Ju, GY||Kim, HY||Pollock, T||Junkins, J

editor list (cited editors)

• Miau, J., & Holdaway, R.

Book Title

• Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations

publication date

• January 2000

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• n1389-1766ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Attitude Determination
• Microsatellite
• Prototype
• Software
• Spacecraft
• Star Pattern
• Star Tracker

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-94-015-9395-3_27

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-7923-6174-1

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9789048154005

start page

• 209

end page

• 216

volume

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9395-3_27