Abstract
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is currently planning to launch the PLANET-B spacecraft toward Mars, carrying an optical imaging instrument Mars imaging camera, and close-up imaging of Martian satellites Phobos and Deimos is planned. This paper presents analysis of using the optical images as a source in an autonomous, real-time onboard navigation scenario. The results obtained here show that radio metric navigation using ephemerides of Martian satellites will not correctly orient the camera. This paper proposes a nonlinear observer as well as navigation schemes that provide orbital properties in real time such as ballistic parameters and the phase angle in the B-plane (defined as the plane perpendicular to the relative velocity to the target.) Special attention is focused on how the camera angle is programmed in the case of spin-stabilized spacecraft like PLANET-B. Also provided is a new algebraically implemented tracking scheme that is independent of the B-plane properties.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 605-610 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1995 May |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Mathematics