Title :
Rotation estimation for a satellite from Sun sensors
Author :
Magnis, Lionel ; Petit, N.
Author_Institution :
Math. & Control at CAS, MINES ParisTech, Paris, France
Abstract :
We develop a method to reconstruct the rotation motion of a satellite from Sun sensor measurements. Mathematically, the estimation objective is formulated as the problem of phase reconstruction for a 2-dimensional periodic function. A computationally straightforward solution is proposed. Theoretical developments allow to assess the robustness to model imperfections, sampling and noise. Simulation results illustrate practically obtainable performance..
Keywords :
Sun; artificial satellites; attitude measurement; photoelectric cells; 2-dimensional periodic function; Sun sensor measurements; estimation objective; phase reconstruction; rotation estimation; rotation motion; satellite; Estimation; Noise; Noise measurement; Satellites; Sensors; Sun; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Zurich
