Satellite Attitude Determination Using Laser Communication Systems

 
 
 
 

Satellite Attitude Determination Using Laser Communication Systems

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dc.contributor.advisor Lawrence, Douglas A. en_US
dc.contributor.author Sabala, Ryan J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-04-10T09:14:57Z
dc.date.available 2009-04-10T09:14:57Z
dc.date.created 2008 en_US
dc.date.issued 2009-04-10T09:14:57Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1218636153 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/108216
dc.description Satellite laser communication systems provide measurements that can be further processed to provide relative attitude estimates of each satellite in the constellation. This suggests a dual-use potential yielding benefits such as the use of lower-cost inertial measurement units, achieving improved fault-tolerance, and facilitating the implementation of orbital control systems. This thesis presents a static attitude determination scheme that provides relative attitude estimates using azimuth and elevation angles provided by the laser communication system. These measurements are corrupted by noise and error sources, several of which are characterized herein, and so this thesis also presents a sensitivity analysis intended to characterize the impact that these errors have on the attitude solution. This analysis reveals a high degree of sensitivity which indicates that a dynamic attitude estimation scheme may be required that incorporates the static estimation scheme in a nonlinear filtering architecture. en_US
dc.format application/pdf en_US
dc.format 71p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject Satellite Attitude Determination en_US
dc.subject Laser Communication System en_US
dc.subject Satellite Laser Communication en_US
dc.subject Sensitivity Analysis en_US
dc.subject Static Estimation en_US
dc.subject Error Sources en_US
dc.title Satellite Attitude Determination Using Laser Communication Systems en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name MS en_US
dc.degree.level masters en_US
dc.degree.discipline Electrical Engineering (Engineering and Technology) en_US
dc.degree.grantor Ohio University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Ohio University / OhioLINK en_US

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