Original Scientific Paper, Volume 16, Number 1, Year 2018, No 507, pp 107 - 110

Published: Mar 15, 2018

DOI: DOI: 10.5937/jaes16-16479

Autonomous navigation and attitude control of spacecrafts on near-earth circular orbits

Andronov Vladimir Germanovitch 1
Andronov Vladimir Germanovitch
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Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia
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∙ Emelyanov Sergey Gennadievitch 1
Emelyanov Sergey Gennadievitch
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Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia
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Abstract

The paper reviews existing methods of spacecraft navigation and attitude control on near-earth orbits, including the methods utilizing earth-based external trajectory measurement stations, global navigation satellite systems, inertial on-board navigation systems and star trackers. The proposed method is based on the obtaining and processing of a set of sky images on-board of a spacecraft that is moving along a near-earth circular orbit. Image processing results are used to fi nd the coordinates, velocity and attitude of a spacecraft in inertial space.

Keywords

Star tracker Autonomous navigation of spacecrafts Navigation

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