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Rotation estimation for a satellite from Sun sensors

Authors: L. Magnis, and N. Petit, Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European, pp. 852 - 859, 17-19 July 2013, Zurich
We develop a method to reconstruct the rotation motion of a satellite from Sun sensor measurements. Mathematically, the estimation objective is formulated as the problem of phase reconstruction for a 2-dimensional periodic function. A computationally straightforward solution is proposed. Theoretical developments allow to assess the robustness to model imperfections, sampling and noise. Simulation results illustrate practically obtainable performance.
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author = {L. Magnis, and N. Petit},
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title = {Rotation estimation for a satellite from Sun sensors},
booktitle = {Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European},
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address = {Zurich},
pages = {852 - 859},
year = {2013},
abstract = {We develop a method to reconstruct the rotation motion of a satellite from Sun sensor measurements. Mathematically, the estimation objective is formulated as the problem of phase reconstruction for a 2-dimensional periodic function. A computationally straightforward solution is proposed. Theoretical developments allow to assess the robustness to model imperfections, sampling and noise. Simulation results illustrate practically obtainable performance.},
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