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Accuracy performance of star trackers - a tutorial

Liebe, C.C.·2002·IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
DOI 10.1109/taes.2002.1008988
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An autonomous star tracker is an avionics instrument used to provide the absolute 3-axis attitude of a spacecraft utilizing star observations. It consists of an electronic camera and associated processing electronics. The processor has the capability to perform star identification utilizing an internal star catalog stored in firmware and to calculate the attitude quaternion autonomously. Relevant parameters and characteristics of an autonomous star tracker are discussed in detail.

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Authors
Liebe, C. C.
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Published
2002-04
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
587-599
ISSN
0018-9251 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/taes.2002.1008988
OpenAlex
W2164886308
Cited by
656
References
7
FWCI
16.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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