Article
MR SAT Orbit Determination using the Θ-D Filter
Proceedings of the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference (2006: Aug. 21-24, Keystone, CO)
Alternative Title
MR SAT orbit determination using the theta-D filter
Abstract
The ME SAT design team at the University of Missouri-Rolla is in the process of developing a pair of microsatellites designed to demonstrate formation flight using low-cost, off-the-shelf technologies. As part of the demonstration, a newly developed nonlinear filter named the "θ- D" filter, is proposed for purposes of orbit determination. This paper describes the general θ-D filter formulation, the dynamic model used for orbit determination, and a method of implementing a continuous filter in a discrete time sense. The results presented within show the effectiveness of the proposed orbit determination method.
Meeting Name
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2006 (2006: Aug. 21-24, Keystone, CO)
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
- Microsatellites,
- Nonlinear Filtering,
- Off-The-Shelf Technologies,
- Orbit Determination,
- Orbits,
- Satellites,
- Space Flight,
- Space Rendezvous
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2006 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
8-24-2006
Publication Date
24 Aug 2006
Disciplines
Citation Information
Jason D. Searcy, Henry J. Pernicka, S. N. Balakrishnan and Michael W. Dancer. "MR SAT Orbit Determination using the Θ-D Filter" Proceedings of the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference (2006: Aug. 21-24, Keystone, CO) (2006) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/henry-pernicka/29/