A method of astronomical autonomous orbit and attitude determinations for satellites |
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| Authors: | Li Lin-lin Sun Hui-xian |
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| Institution: | Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | A method of realtime autonomous orbit determination for earth satellites using the extended Kalman filtering is proposed. The observed quantities are: the satellite-sun direction vector measured by a sun sensor, the satellite-earth and satellite-moon direction vectors measured by an ultraviolet sensor, and the geocentric distance measured by a radar altimeter. At the same time the satellite attitude to the earth is also determined. Results of our simulation of the autonomous orbit determination show that the precision of the orbit determinations is better than 200 m. The effects of the sampling period, orbital inclination, orbital eccentricity and orbital altitude on the precision of orbit determination are analyzed and compared, and certain principles helpful for improving the precision of orbit determination are suggested. |
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| Keywords: | space vehicles—astrometry—celestical mechanics |
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