Conceptual design and algorithm evaluation for a very accurate imaging star tracker for deep-space optical communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4821, Issue , 2002, Pages 237-247

  Maurer, Donald E ^a   Boone, Bradley B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communications; Pattern matching; Star tracker

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KALMAN FILTERING; OPTICAL LINKS; PATTERN MATCHING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPACE RESEARCH;

DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; STAR TRACKER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036993231     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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