Attitude determination for the SHEFEX 2 mission using a low cost star tracker

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Neumann, Nils ^a,b   Samaan, Malak ^a,c   Conradt, Michael ^a,c   Theil, Stephan ^a,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GNC Division   (Germany)

^d DLR Bremen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COSTS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STARS;

ATTITUDE ACCURACY; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; NAVIGATION COMPUTERS; PROCESSING CHAIN; SHARP EDGE FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE; STAR IDENTIFICATION;

STAR TRACKERS;

EID: 78049289546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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