Comprehensive Evaluation of Attitude and Orbit Estimation Using Actual Earth Magnetic Field Data - Couverture souple

Deutschmann, Julie K; Bar-Itzhack, Itzhack Y

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1287287123 ISBN 13 : 9781287287124

Editeur : Bibliogov, 2013

Synopsis

A single, augmented Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), which simultaneously and autonomously estimates spacecraft attitude and orbit has been developed and successfully tested with real magnetometer and gyro data only. Because the earth magnetic field is a function of time and position, and because time is known quite precisely, the differences between the computed and measured magnetic field components, as measured by the magnetometers throughout the entire spacecraft orbit, are a function of both orbit and attitude errors. Thus, conceivably these differences could be used to estimate both orbit and attitude; an observability study validated this assumption. The results of testing the EKF with actual magnetometer and gyro data, from four satellites supported by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Guidance, Navigation, and Control Center, are presented and evaluated. They confirm the assumption that a single EKF can estimate both attitude and orbit when using gyros and magnetometers only.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bibliogov
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1287287123
• ISBN 13: 9781287287124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 36
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible