Calibration and testing strategies to correct atmospheric effects on star tracking algorithms

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dc.contributor.authorJannin, Louis
dc.contributor.authorFelicetti, Leonard
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-16T15:40:06Z
dc.date.available2024-02-16T15:40:06Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-31
dc.description.abstractStar trackers are usually considered to be the most accurate sensors, able to achieve a sub-arcminute precision. Star tracker algorithms are often tested and validated with simulated space views. Testing the algorithms with real space images is expensive as it requires implementing them on existing in-space star trackers, or to launch new satellites. This study shows that those algorithms are usually performing poorly with ground-based sky pictures and that some adaptations are necessary to take into account the atmospheric effects. The adaptation of star tracking algorithms to ground pictures could ease the prototyping phase for new star trackers, or for ground-based and air-borne star trackers, without the need to buy specific testing simulators. In order to tackle this issue, this study will start by implementing and testing two published Lost-In-Space algorithms with a simulated sensor to compare their performance against various noise sources. After comparing the space-based generated views with ground-based images, an adaptation for the aforementioned algorithms is proposed. In order to counter the effect of atmospheric extinction, the number of stars visible in the image is increased by modifying the field-of-view of the camera, the exposure time and estimating the experimental inter-star angular distance error. The idea is to match the star density used in the state-of-the-art algorithms in the experimental pictures. The modified algorithms are tested with the experimental images, and the adaptation process is validated with a good success rate.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationJannin L, Felicetti L. (2024) Calibration and testing strategies to correct atmospheric effects on star tracking algorithms. Astronomy and Computing, Volume 46, January 2024, Article number 100794en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2213-1337
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2024.100794
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20821
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectStar trackeren_UK
dc.subjectLost-in-space algorithmsen_UK
dc.subjectMulti-poles algorithmen_UK
dc.subjectPolestar algorithmen_UK
dc.titleCalibration and testing strategies to correct atmospheric effects on star tracking algorithmsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-01-24

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