Development of a low cost star tracker for the SHEFEX mission

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Samaan, Malak ^a   Theil, Stephan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude determination; Re entry; SHEFEX; Spacecraft navigation; Star tracker

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE ACCURACY; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; ATTITUDE SENSORS; CAMERA CONTROLS; END-TO-END TESTS; GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; LOW COSTS; PC/104; PROCESSING CHAIN; ROBUST SYSTEMS; SHEFEX; SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION; STAR IDENTIFICATION; STAR IMAGES; TRACKER SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REENTRY; SENSORS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STARS;

STAR TRACKERS;

EID: 84868698682     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2011.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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