Tripulse: an accurate orientation/attitude estimation system for satellite borne phased arrays

Author

Silverstein, Seth D. ; Ashe, Jegrey M. ; Kautz, Gregory M. ; Wheller, F.W.

Author_Institution

GE Corp. Res. & Dev., Schenectady, NY, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

12-15 May 1998

Firstpage

1921

Abstract

Tripulse is a novel orientation/attitude estimation system that is designed to accurately estimate the orientation of a satellite borne phased array relative to one or more Earth stations. This system has an accuracy potential that is significantly better than conventional Earth-Moon-Sun attitude sensors. Tripulse has conceptual similarities to amplitude comparison monopulse systems used in tracking radars. Detailed Tripulse statistical performance analyses for noise, beam-forming quantization errors, and hardware failures are presented

Keywords

active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; parameter estimation; satellite antennas; statistical analysis; Tripulse; accuracy potential; accurate orientation/attitude estimation system; beam-forming quantization errors; hardware failure; noise; satellite borne phased arrays; statistical performance analyses; Antenna arrays; Failure analysis; Phase estimation; Phased arrays; Quantization; Radar tracking; Research and development; Satellite ground stations; Sensor systems; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4428-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.1998.681438

Filename

681438