• DocumentCode
    646184
  • Title

    Rotation estimation for a satellite from Sun sensors

  • Author

    Magnis, Lionel ; Petit, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Math. & Control at CAS, MINES ParisTech, Paris, France
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-19 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    852
  • Lastpage
    859
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European
  • Conference_Location
    Zurich
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6669590