On-orbit performance demonstration of terrestrial processor for orbital maintenance system on the Micro-LabSat

Author

Kimura, Shinichi ; Yamamoto, Hiroshi ; Nagai, Yasufumi ; Hashimoto, Hidekazu ; Takahashi, Nobuhiro ; Yoshihara, Keisuke

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-13 March 2004

Abstract

We describe the experimental system and some preliminary experimental results for the Micro-OLIVe mission launched in 2002. An important first step in developing an orbital maintenance system (OMS) is to autonomously recognize and rendezvous with a target satellite. The Communications Research Laboratory developed a microprocessor multi-chip module to control the OMS, including a robotic system and image processing system, and installed them on Micro-LabSat for a mission called Micro-OLIVe. The microprocessor and inspection camera using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) CMOS imaging units exhibited adequate performance, showing the feasibility of using low-cost COTS equipment.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; cameras; image processing; microprocessor chips; multichip modules; robots; CMOS imaging units; COTS equipment; Communications Research Laboratory; Micro-LabSat; Micro-OLIVe mission; OMS control; autonomous recognition; commercial-off-the-shelf units; image processing system; inspection camera; microprocessor; multichip module; on-orbit performance demonstration; orbital maintenance system; robotic system; target satellite; terrestrial processor; CMOS image sensors; Cameras; Communication system control; Control systems; Image processing; Inspection; Microprocessors; Robot vision systems; Satellites; Target recognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8155-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2004.1367605

Filename

1367605