Search-less algorithm for star pattern recognition

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-194

  Mortari, Daniele ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AAS ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ESTIMATION; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SPACECRAFT; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; VECTORS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STARS;

FIELD OF VIEW STAR TRACKER; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE; STAR;

ALGORITHMS; STAR TRACKERS;

ANGULAR SEPARATION; BLOCK DIAGRAMS; IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STAR; STAR IDENTIFICATION; STAR PATTERN RECOGNITION; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

EID: 0031109097     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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