COMBINATORIC METHOD FOR INTERVAL ESTIMATION OF A SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE BASED ON STAR TRACKER MEASUREMENTS

1Gubarev, VF, 2Melnychuk, SV
1Space Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Space Research Institute of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine and the National Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Space Sci.&Technol. 2016, 22 ;(6):10-19
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2016.06.010
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We propose a method for finding interval estimates of a spacecraft attitude. The input data of the problem are measurements from star trackers. Systems with one, two or three sensors are considered. A comparison of the accuracy is made by the width of interval estimates of the orientation parameters.
Keywords: combinatoric method, guaranteed estimation of attitude, interval estimation, star tracker
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