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Comprehensive evaluation of attitude and orbit estimation using actual earth magnetic field data
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bar-Itzhack, Itzhack Y. Deutschmann, Julie K. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | 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. |
| File Size | 986739 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrodynamics Errors Geomagnetism Attitude Inclination Evaluation Spacecraft Orbits Magnetometers Algorithms Orbit Calculation Magnetic Fields Kalman Filters Estimates Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
