Attitude determination using a photon counting star tracker

Michael D&apos;Angelo; Richard Linares

doi:10.1109/WNYIPW.2011.6122885

Attitude determination using a photon counting star tracker

Michael D'Angelo, Richard Linares

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

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This paper describes a path toward the development of theory for using a photon counting camera as a star tracker for spacecraft attitude estimation. The benefit of using a photon counting camera is that star data can be sampled at a faster rate while allowing one to measure very dim stars, increasing the number of stars available for attitude estimation. The development of a noise model is discussed and an algorithm to process raw data is shown. An attitude estimation method is discussed and simulated data is shown. A simulated star tracker for attitude estimation is shown and attitude estimation results are shown.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Proceedings
Pages	12-15
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WNYIPW.2011.6122885
State	Published - 2011
Event	2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Rochester, NY, United States Duration: Nov 14 2011 → Nov 14 2011

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Other	2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Rochester, NY
Period	11/14/11 → 11/14/11

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Attitude determination using a photon counting star tracker. / D'Angelo, Michael; Linares, Richard.
2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Proceedings. 2011. p. 12-15 6122885 (2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Proceedings).

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D'Angelo, M & Linares, R 2011, Attitude determination using a photon counting star tracker. in 2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Proceedings., 6122885, 2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011 - Proceedings, pp. 12-15, 2011 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, WNYIPW 2011, Rochester, NY, United States, 11/14/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/WNYIPW.2011.6122885

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