Title :
High-Accuracy Sounding Rocket Attitude Estimation Using Star Sensor Data
Author :
Schmidtbauer, Bengt
Author_Institution :
University of Luleå, Sweden
Abstract :
A three-axis attitude reconstitution scheme for spin stabilized sounding rockets is presented, using star transit pulse intormation from a single slit all solid state star sensor. The method, based on Kalman filtering and smoothing, gives accuracies in the arcminute range and has been successfully tested on four different missions in the Swedish sounding rocket program.
Keywords :
Acoustic sensors; Distortion measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gyroscopes; Infrared sensors; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Optical sensors; Rockets; Solid state circuits;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1978.308553
