Title :
Integration of angular rate sensors and GPS carrier phase measurements for attitude determination of Small Satellites
Author :
Cepe, Ali ; Golovan, Andrey
Author_Institution :
Navig. & Control Lab., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
This paper considers the problem of attitude determination of Small Satellites by integrating the outputs of angular-rate sensors with carrier-phase measurements from multi-antenna GPS receiver, which are installed on the satellite platform. The problem under certain hypotheses is reduced to a linear estimation problem of orientation errors.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; angular measurement; antenna arrays; artificial satellites; attitude measurement; estimation theory; phase measurement; receiving antennas; sensors; angular rate sensor integration; attitude determination; carrier-phase measurement; linear estimation problem; multiantenna GPS receiver; small satellite; Approximation methods; Equations; Navigation; Q measurement; angular rate sensors; attitude determination; carrier phase measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6395-2
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2013.6581214
