Digistar: A low cost micro star tracker

Space Technology Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Ju, Gwanghyeok ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Pollock, Tom ^a   Junkins, John L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; STARS;

ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; GROUND VALIDATIONS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; LOW COSTS; REAL-TIME ACCESS; REAL-TIME ATTITUDE; STAR CATALOGS; THIRD GENERATION;

STAR TRACKERS;

EID: 85085850776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-4603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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