Starnav Iii A Three Fields Of View Star Tracker

• doi: 10.1109/AERO.2002.1036827
• title: StarNav III: a three fields of view star tracker
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 0-7803-7231-X
• issn:
• partnum: 02TH8593
• rank: 3627
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: Italian Space Agency has funded, as one of the possible Italian experiments on board the International Space Station, the development of a new star tracker, called StarNav III, which observes the sky by means of three orthogonal fields of view and focuses all the star images onto a single CCD/CMOS imager. The main characteristics of this sensor are a high gain in the attitude accuracy estimation and in the operating time. These benefits cost, however, in terms of hardware and software design which are, in turn, more complex. The completed StarNav III feasibility study has output a variety of new software approaches (as, for instance, for acquisition, centroiding, star identification, and mirror misalignment), most of which can directly be applied to almost all of the existing CCD/CMOS star trackers. This paper shows the principal aspects of the relevant feasibility study.
• article_number: 1036827
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1036827
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1036827/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1036827/
• publication_title: Proceedings, IEEE Aerospace Conference
• conference_location: Big Sky, MT, USA
• conference_dates: 9-16 March 2002
• publication_number: 8043
• is_number: 22238
• publication_year: 2002
• publication_date: 9-16 March 2002
• start_page: 1
• end_page: 57 vol.1
• citing_paper_count: 15
• citing_patent_count: 1
• download_count: 483
• insert_date: 20030415
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Optical sensors
    • Charge coupled devices
    • Hardware
    • Focusing
    • Mirrors
    • Optical computing
    • Data processing
    • Geometrical optics
    • Remuneration
    • Space stations
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Field Of View
    • Star Tracker
    • Operation Time
    • International Space Station
    • Centroid
    • Optical System
    • Optical Devices
    • Focal Length
    • Focal Distance
    • Optical Axis
    • Fiber Axis
    • Beam Axis
    • Identification Problem
    • Iterative Procedure
    • Symmetry Axis
    • Point Spread Function
    • Position Estimation
    • Attitude Estimation
    • Optimal Estimation
    • Optimal Approximation
    • Fast Way
    • System Of Eqs
    • Recursive Function
    • Integer Vector
    • Telecentric
    • Spacecraft Attitude
    • Spacecraft Position
    • Small Misalignment
    • Single Field Of View
    • Starlight
    • Starlit
    • Open Sky
    • Eigenvalues
    • Beam Splitter
    • Computational Speed
    • Calculation Speed
• isbn_formats:
  • format: Print ISBN, value: 0-7803-7231-X, isbnType: Historical
• authors:
  • Author Name: D. Mortari
    Affiliation: Universitá degli Studi E2809CLa SapienzaE2809D, Rome, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37295673200
    ID: 37295673200
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Universitá degli Studi E2809CLa SapienzaE2809D, Rome, Italy
  • Author Name: A. Romoli
    Affiliation: Unitá Officine Galileo, Campi Bisenzio, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37088291433
    ID: 37088291433
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Unitá Officine Galileo, Campi Bisenzio, Italy

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CCD/CMOS
• resolution: single CCD/CMOS imager
• dynamic_range: not specified
• pixel_size: not specified
• dark_current: not specified

Optical Data

• focal_length: not specified
• aperture: not specified
• field_of_view: three orthogonal fields of view
• distortion: not specified

Performance Metrics

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Enabled by CMOS image sensors for high-speed capturing and processing
• benefits: High gain in attitude accuracy, fast operating time, potential for improved accuracy and speed in data processing.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: Italian Space Agency, Alenia Difesa - Unita Officine Galileo

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 9-16 March 2002

Relevancy Score

• score: 8
• missing_fields:
  • resolution
  • dynamic_range
  • pixel_size
  • dark_current
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • frame_rate
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed
  • power_consumption
  • noise

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